LEADER 00000nam 2200709 i 4500 005 20180628161636.0 006 m o d 007 cr un ---uuuuu 008 140623s2014 nyu ob 001 0 eng d 020 9781595589941 :|c$26.99 020 1595589945 :|c$26.99 035 (OCoLC)881688551|z(OCoLC)882778131|z(OCoLC)994453533 037 0014065281|bBaker & Taylor 040 NjBwBT|beng|erda|cNjBwBT|dUtOrBLW 043 n-us--- 069 01417167 082 04 371.2/07 082 04 371.2/07|223 099 eBook Boundless 100 1 Martinez, Monica,|eauthor. 245 10 Deeper learning :|bhow eight innovative public schools are transforming education in the twenty-first century / |cMonica Martinez, Dennis McGrath.|h[Boundless electronic resource] 264 1 New York :|bThe New Press,|c2014. 300 1 online resource (209 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rda 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-200) and index. 505 0 Connect -- Empower -- Contextualize -- Reach -- Inspire -- Wire -- Invest. 505 0 Introduction: Hope: eight reasons for optimism about the future of public education -- Connect: create a community of learners -- Empower: activate students to lead their own learning -- Contextualize: tie subjects to each other and keep it real -- Reach: network beyond school walls -- Inspire: customize learning to motivate each student -- Wire: make technology the servant, not the master -- Invest: designate deeper learning as the new normal. 520 Studies suggest that up to half of high school dropouts leave school because their classes are boring or irrelevant to their lives and aspirations. Yet the majority of U.S. schools continue their attempts to engage some 50 million students through conventional methods such as lectures, note-taking, and rote learning, often with dismal results. In Deeper Learning, award-winning education strategist Monica Martinez and education sociologist Dennis McGrath offer a transformative framework for learning that has led to standout results in schools across the country and has the potential. 520 Arguing that U.S. educational methods are failing today's young people, a blueprint for alternative learning draws on the examples of eight public schools that use flexible teaching to meet the needs of individual students. 538 Requires Boundless App. 588 Description based on print version record. 650 0 Public schools|zUnited States|vCase studies. 650 0 Education|xAims and objectives|zUnited States. 650 0 Education|xExperimental methods. 650 0 School improvement programs|zUnited States|vCase studies. 650 0 Educational change|zUnited States|vCase studies. 650 7 Education|xAims and objectives.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00902507 650 7 Education|xExperimental methods.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00902632 650 7 Educational change.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00903371 650 7 Public schools.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01082942 650 7 School improvement programs.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01107461 651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Case studies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423765 700 1 McGrath, Dennis,|d1946-|eauthor. 776 08 |iElectronic reproduction of (manifestation):|aMartinez, Monica.|tDeeper learning|dNew York : The New Press, 2014 |z9781595589590|w(DLC) 2014007877|w(OCoLC)854611648 856 40 |uhttps://naper.boundless.baker-taylor.com/ng/view/library /title/0014065281|zFound on Boundless