Distinct by Design, the digital magazine of Magnet Schools of America, is a quarterly periodical intended to provide information and expert opinion on issues important to magnet schools, their students, educators, administrators, and supporters, and anyone working to advance the five pillars that serve as the foundation of magnet schools: diversity, innovative curriculum and professional development, academic excellence, leadership, and family and community partnerships.
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“I turned 30 this year, and for some reason it made me look backward. Not because I wanted to live in the past, but because I wanted to understand how I became who I am. When I ask myself what shaped me, what steadied me, and what gave me permission to become myself before I even had the language for who I was becoming, one of the clearest answers is a school.”
Public education has taken a barrage as of late, as is evident from the endless stream of court cases pertaining to religious charters, declining student enrollment, the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, and now the imminent implementation of the country’s first-ever federal school voucher program.
Created by High Tech High teachers for all educators, the Kaleidoscope for Deeper Learning is a framework to design, reflect, and evaluate Project-Based Learning (PBL) units.
