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Here are some great links to information and ideas the NWP staff shares and discusses regularly as a part of our collaborative planning time.
TED TALKS
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Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education
• Ken Robinson: How schools kill creativity
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Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers
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Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover
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Ken Robinson: How to Escape Education's Death Valley
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Tim Brown- Creativity and Play
• How we suppress genius and create learning disability: Scott Sonnon
Related Videos
• Where Good Ideas Come From
• What is Project-Based Learning?
BLOGS
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Thom Markham
• The Finnish Paradox
• Can Content-Based Instruction Coexist With Inquiry-Based Instruction?
• Creating Classrooms We Need
• Space Matters
Project-Based Instruction: A Review of the Literature on Effectiveness
• You Can't Teach Understanding
• A Good Question is Better Than a Great Answer
• Anyone Still Listening?
• Learners Should Be Developing Their Own Questions
• The Art of Powerful Questions
• The Shift From Teaching Content to Teaching Learning
• The Importance of Play
• Tech and Trust
• Design Thinking
• More Design Thinking
• Design Thinking Caveats
• Struggle Means Learning
• Growth Vs. Fixed Mindset
• Presence, Not Praise
• Portfolio Defense: Where Graduates Make Their Case
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The 10 most important work skills you’ll need in 2020
• Beyond the Bubble Test- Why We Need Performance Assessments
• Disruptive Collaboration
• The Need for Inquiry and Getting Rid of Grades
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Learn alone, or together?
• Discourse in Schools
• Grading Mistakes That Haunt Students
• Make School a Democracy
WEBSITES
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alfiekohn.org
• Edutopia
Home
About Us
Our Programs
>
Project Based Learning
Homestudy Program
Projects
Northwest Prep FAQs
What Makes Us Special?
>
SSU Jack London Award for Educational Innovation
School Profile/Grad Requirements
2016 WASC Report
2020-2021 LCAP (Learning and Attendance Continuity Plan
School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
Title IX
Covid-19 Information
Parents
Application and Enrollment
>
Student Shadow Days & Information Night
Daily Schedule
2022-2023 School Year Calendar
Parent Guide
Food Service
Northwest Prep Parent-Teacher-Student Organization
Attendance
>
Verification Methods
Make Up School Work & Tests
Short Term Independent Study
What Does Truancy Mean for my Student?
Courses
Staff
Contact