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Summer is a wakeful and wily tinkerer’s tale about freedom and justice – it’s told with light and scribbled in a notebook hacked with stars.
Or at least that’s the way it seems to me after working with all sorts of teachers and learners engaged in the Summer to Make Play and Connect. I came to this greater connected learning project as kind of a coach this year, helping friends allied through...

This post originally appeared at the Connected Learning Alliance.
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As educator innovators, you’re likely aware that exciting and innovative STEM learning often happens in out-of-school spaces.
Within the afterschool field, STEM has been increasingly popular and today, many afterschool and summer programs include STEM as a standard part of their comprehensive programming. Afterschool providers recognize the importance of improved STEM education...

This was originally posted at Common Sense Graphite.
As the new school year begins, articles and resources dedicated to helping teachers develop curriculum and assessments aligned to the Common Core literacy standards are popping up everywhere. But, as every teacher knows, it matters little how perfectly...