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Designing High School Curriculums for Relevance
How to help students make sense of the world, one class at a time
Sponsored by Eastside Prep In court proceedings, the query “Relevance?” often arises. Implied in the question is the idea that testimony needs to pertain to the substance of the case and the argument being made. In some way, shape, or form “How is this relevant?” is what Eastside Prep teachers ask 50 times a day. …
Why We Shouldn’t Settle for Correct Answers
Eastside Prep goes beyond the ‘correct-answer compromise’ for more effective learning
!–paging_filter–p style=”text-align: center;”Sponsored by a href=”http://www.eastsideprep.org/” target=”_blank”Eastside Prep/a/ppHow do you know that you’ve learned something? You know, emreally/em learned it. I suppose it depends on the task. If you’re learning to throw pottery, the results are tangible: emI made a pot/em. Or, emI made something that looks like a New England Patriots’ football/em. But what…