Evidence of Engagement

ANSER Teacher offers groundbreaking Holocaust Summer Course

Never Again Is Now: Using the Holocaust to Examine Ourselves, Our Communities and Our Humanity

Presented in affiliation with the Holocaust Educators Network, the National Writing Project, the Boise State Writing Project, and the Idaho Human Rights Education Center. 

“Historians will argue that the Holocaust was a turning point in modern history: a point from which we have, and will, determine our future humanity.”

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In Our Schools: ASCD comes to Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School

February 2nd, 2011 -- 8:15am to 3:15pm

@the Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School located at 511 W 182nd Street

Teachers Learn New Ways to Teach at Summer Institutes

For many teachers in the Expeditionary Learning network, summer is a time to step into their students' shoes and do a little learning of their own. This article from Anna Renault highlights just one of EL's summer institutes:

 

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Palouse Prairie School of Expeditionary Learning Showcases Work at Prichard Gallery

Friday, May 20


MOSCOW, Idaho – The Prichard Art Gallery's next exhibit will feature altered books on water quality by fifth and sixth graders from the Palouse Prairie School of Expeditionary Learning. The exhibit will run Tuesday, May 24, through Tuesday, June 7. A reception will be held Tuesday, May 24, from 6-8 p.m. at the Prichard Art Gallery.

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Students from Decatur Discovery Academy Honor the Road to Reconcilliation

 

Honoring The Road To Reconciliation- Honoring memories, Telling our stories, Rebuilding Rwanda. These excerpts from the program includes Bishop Rucyahnan and Ambassador Kimonyo. This Commemoration was held at Decatur Discovery Academy in Indianapolis, IN USA on 4/23/2011

View still photos from the event here.

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4th Graders from Springville K-8 help restore a local wetland

In a project that earned teacher Brian Torres a Disney Planet Challenge Award for $1,000, students from Springville K-8 cleared the site of garbage; planted more than 300 new plants, trees, and shrubs; and tested the water quailty.

 

Read about the news coverage here:

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King Middle School Students Present at National Conference

EL National Conference Student Keynote from Expeditionary Learning on Vimeo.

Students from King Middle School in Portland, ME deliver the Expeditionary Learning Schools National Conference keynote in Portland, OR in March 2011. The students described their civil rights expedition, Small Acts of Courage.

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No Shortcuts: The WHEELS case study in Wendy Kopp’s new book

It’s all about transformational change in service of excellent education for all children.  That’s the premise of Wendy Kopp’s new book, A Chance to Make History.  Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach for America, packed its 200 pages with powerful lessons, anecdotes and principles for transforming the educational system at every level.

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