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Designing Schools So Students Want to Learn

Chris Sturgis February 18, 2019 No Comments

This is the fourth article in a four-part series on Swannanoa School in New Zealand. Start here. The team at Swannanoa School understand that learning starts with engaging and motivating activities.…

EPIC North: Changing the Educational Trajectories of Black and Latino Young Men

Chris Sturgis February 12, 2019 No Comments

The following is a compilation of my two visits to EPIC North in NYC in 2014-16. The series was originally published at CompetencyWorks For about two years, I spent an…

The Swannanoa School Design

Chris Sturgis February 11, 2019 No Comments

This is the third article in a four-part series on Swannanoa School in New Zealand. Start here. Each year, the team at Swannanoa School creates a new Manawa Line (heart line)…

Swannanoa Values: Finding Treasures Along the Greenstone Trail

Chris Sturgis February 4, 2019 No Comments

This is the second article in a four-part series on Swannanoa School in New Zealand. Start here. Swannanoa, like other schools in New Zealand, is expected to build strong relationships…

Swannanoa School: Where People Are the Most Important Thing in the World

Chris Sturgis January 30, 2019 No Comments

This is the first article in a four-part series on Swannanoa School in New Zealand. You can also find articles on Hobsonville and Karori Normal School here. At one point…

Karori Normal School: Becoming Student-Centered with UDL

Chris Sturgis January 14, 2019 No Comments

The series on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with several articles on Karori Normal School. Karori Normal School (KNS) was the first school I visited in New Zealand. (Normal refers…

Professional Learning….Every Day at Hobsonville Point

Chris Sturgis January 9, 2019 No Comments

The series on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with the fourth article on Hobsonville Point Secondary School. One of the questions I asked at every school I visited in New…

Start by Knowing Where Kids Are

Chris Sturgis January 7, 2019 No Comments

The series on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with a third article on Hobsonville Point Secondary School. “If you don’t find what knowledge or skills are missing and fix it,…

Making Connections Across the Curriculum at Hobsonville Point

Chris Sturgis January 2, 2019 No Comments

The series on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with the second article on Hobsonville Point Secondary School. One of the three principles driving Hobsonville Point Secondary School (HPSS) curricular design…

Challenging Convention at Hobsonville Point Secondary School

Chris Sturgis December 31, 2018 No Comments

The series on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with a look at Hobsonville Point Secondary School. Co-construction, connection, and collaboration are the name of the game at Hobsonville Point Secondary…

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