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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.

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TED TALKS
• Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education
• Ken Robinson: How schools kill creativity
• Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers
• Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover
• Ken Robinson: How to Escape Education's Death Valley
• 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?

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BLOGS
• 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
• 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
• Learn alone, or together?
• Discourse in Schools
• Grading Mistakes That Haunt Students
• Make School a Democracy

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WEBSITES

• alfiekohn.org
• Edutopia
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  • 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