Schools Moving Toward Universal Computer Availability

A sure sign of 21st century learning is seen in schools moving toward universal computer availability. Every student will receive some kind of portable computing device in the 2018-2019 school year in the Wausau School District.  The portable computer devices may be...

Students Pass Positive Notes to Each Other

Passing notes in school is nothing new, but passing positive notes is helping to create a culture of resistance to bullying at one school. At D.C. Everest Middle School in Wisconsin, each student was greeted in the morning with a handwritten sticky note that contained...

Students Teaching Students

It’s a basic idea, students teaching students to help reinforce skills and also to develop new ways to learn.  After all, students have been helping other students in classes for as long as there has been school. The concept was simply to formalize the process...

Students Grow With Their School’s Garden Program

Good things grow in a garden. At one school, students grow with their school’s garden program. Transforming the act of growing fruits and veg into the ultimate outdoor classroom, teachers at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Wisconsin offer hands-on learning...