The National Service-Learning Conference, which just wrapped up its 21st annual gathering in San Jose, California, attracted some 2,000 attendees. Participants came from every state and more than 30 countries, but the most telling statistic may be this: a third of attendees were youth. Sharing some of the same tenets of project learning, service learning offers exciting ways for students to advance academically — and personally. 5 off No... 

Editor’s Note: Don’t miss David’s dispatch from Day 1. My second day at the CoSN Conference , also known as Consortium of School Networking, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in northwest Washington, D.C., was almost as enlightening as the first. Especially, when I discovered that the Shoreham Hotel is where the Beatles stayed at the height of their Beatlemania tour in 1964. David Markus, Edutopia's editorial director, reports on... 

Sunday, I camped out at the 9th Annual International Symposium of CoSN, also known as the Consortium of School Networking , in Washington, D.C., and learned a ton from an A-list of international education innovators. Listening to folks from Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, as well as some of our own American... 

Day 1 from the 9th Annual International Symposium of CoSN (Consortium of School Networking), in Washington, D.C. Editor’s Note: Don’t miss David’s dispatch on Day 2 . Sunday, I camped out at the 9th Annual International Symposium of CoSN, also known as the Consortium of School Networking , in Washington, D.C., and learned a ton from an A-list of international education innovators. Listening …  Read More →

A while back, I wrote a post about how a great school leader has the trust of those she leads . Here’s a question for teachers: Do we have the trust of those we teach? Building trust with your students is more important than you may think. 5 off No Off read more  Read More →

Last summer, I went to the Fourth of July celebration at a lake in San Antonio, Texas. While my family and I waited on the shore for the darkness to signal the start of the fireworks displays, we were intrigued by an enterprising young man working his way through the people sitting in folding chairs and on picnic blankets. The most engaging lessons include instructional variety and active participation and offer students choices. 5 off No Off read... 

Last week, I attended a conference in Washington, DC, organized by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning . The Schools That Work case study about SEL was presented at the 2009 Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning conference. 5 off No Off read more  Read More →