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The school environment is often referred to as the third teacher, yet many schools continue to construct their facilities with traditional, and arguably outdated, classrooms and resources. NIST began shifting away from this several years ago as we incorporated current research, student and teacher feedback, and expert consultants into the design process. From the bright multi-purpose spaces in The Hub to the open, engaging Mechai Learning Commons, many of the areas in the school’s buildings now resemble workspaces of cutting-edge companies rather than classrooms.

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Innovation in education can look like lots of things, like incorporating new technology or teaching methods, going on field trips, rejecting social norms, partnering with the local community.

Makoko Floating School. Lagos, Nigeria. The school that floats.

In the floating neighborhood of Makoko, this all ages school serves as a communal learning space and example for future building projects in Africa's coastal regions.

Makoko's triangular frame is three stories high, built to resist rising water levels in the lagoon. At 1,000 square feet, the school (created by architecture firm NLÉ, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the United Nations)includes a play area, compost toilets, and classrooms, all of which can house up to 100 students or residents.

When journalist Jessica Collins visited Makoko in 2013 with photographer Iwan Baan, she recalled the structure "rising like a beacon out of the murky Lagos Lagoon."

The UN estimates that by 2050, 28 African countries will see their populations double. Considering the fact that Africa currently has the youngest age distribution of any global regions, there is an ever-growing need to help those children who don't have access to basic services.

Ørestad Gymnasium. Copenhagen, Denmark. The school in a cube.

Ørestad Gymnasium is one giant classroom, where 358 high school students learn in an expansive glass cube - a "gymnasium," as parts of Europe still call secondary schools - to avoid traditional instruction.

By encouraging students to collaborate in wide-open settings, the school hopes kids will be equipped to think flexibly on diverse topics later in life.

"We want to have teaching where the students make research and work together in solving real problems," headmaster Allan Kjær Andersen tells Tech Insider. "So we want to be an open school that is in connection with the outside world."

The open spaces, which are adorned with equally spacious "drums" for a more relaxed learning environment, encourage students to assume an active role in their own education. Kids break off into groups and form makeshift classrooms, sometimes with teachers to guide them.

"It's not enough to give them knowledge, you also have to give them a way of transforming knowledge into action," Andersen says. "And that's very important for us, and I think it is important for modern schools."

Big Picture Learning. Providence, Rhode Island. The school in the real world.

The Big Picture Learning model breaks down the walls between education and the working world.

From the beginning, k-12 students learn their creative passions will come first. To help stoke those passions, students are paired with mentors who work in the fields the students want to someday enter.

"The most important element of the education at a Big Picture Learning school is that students learn in the real world," says Rodney Davis, communications director at Big Picture. The system is currently in place at 55 schools nationwide.

To that end, each student completes an LTI, or Learning Through Internship. "The projects are connected to the student's interests and meet the needs of the mentors," Davis says, whether that involves starting a business, fixing up cars, or learning the letter of the law.

Egalia Pre-school. Stockholm, Sweden. The school without gender.

The Egalia school system is founded on total equality between students. The system is made up of two schools, Egalia and Nicolaigården, which reject gender-based pronouns in the hopes of grooming kids to think of one another on equal terms.

Instead of "he" and "she," kids are either called by their first names or referred to as "they." It's part of a mission to avoid discrimination of all kinds.

"That [includes] gender, religion, age, class, sexual orientation, gender expression, disability," Headmaster Lotta Rajalin tells Tech Insider. "This approach is imbued in every aspect of our day to day work with the children as well as in how we interact with the parents and each other."

Kids learn to judge each other on their actions, not stereotypes.

"It is important that the children learn the basis of democracy both in practice and theory in order to be good world citizens who do not discriminate," Rajalin says. "A good self-belief is the basis for learning and development."

AltSchool. San Francisco, California. The school of Silicon Valley.

AltSchool is a complete departure from traditional education, shirking the traditional testing model for one that improves technology skills and gets kids thinking flexibly so they can adapt as the world changes.

Kids turn everyday objects into circuit boards and learn 3D modeling to build playhouse s, all in the pursuit of feeling comfortable with the future that greets them.

AltSchool is quickly growing. The school, which educates kids from ages 4 to 14, began in San Francisco in 2013 and is now expanding to Brooklyn, New York, and Palo Alto, California. In the future, AltSchool plans to go nationwide.

Sra Pou Vocational School. Sra Pou village, Cambodia. The school for building community.

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Designed by Finnish architecture firm Rudanko + Kankkunen, the all-ages Cambodian school was built by community members, for community members, to learn how to turn their passions into full-fledged businesses. A local NGO provides teachers to guide students on that path.

Building the school was a lesson in itself, as architects created the structure side by side with local residents, giving them pointers on how to construct similarly styled buildings on their own.

The school allows families to gain independence, Rudanko + Kankkunen explain. Rather than toil away in low-paying jobs, men, women, and children can learn the ins and outs of pricing their homemade goods and selling them to people in their area.

When it's not in use as a school, the building serves as a town hall for democratic decision making and community meetings.

P-TECH High School. Brooklyn, New York. The school that bridges high school and college.

P-TECH was launched in 2011 by IBM to give teens in New York a way into college that avoided the usual four-year high-school track.

Instead, P-TECH students complete a six-year degree. Boosted by mentorship and internships in STEM fields, the fifth and sixth years earn students an associate's degree from the nearby New York City College of Technology, and many go on to pursue a bachelor's degree afterward.

The first graduating class left P-TECH this year, two years ahead of schedule, with both degrees under their belt.

Steve Jobs School. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The school that thinks different.

Like its namesake suggests, the Steve Jobs school rejects the conventional wisdom in full: Instead of corralling kids through the same educational system, they go at their own pace.

Maurice de Hond, the school's founder, tells Tech Insider that each student begins with an Individual Development Plan (IDP), which is evaluated and readjusted every six weeks by the child, his or her parents, and the coach. (The school doesn't call them "teachers.")

"Based on the outcome of the IDP," de Hond says, "the child is offered new personal learning challenges and instruction moments to choose from."

All students in the 4th to 12th grade school receive iPads fully loaded with apps to guide individualized learning. The goal is to get kids designing their own education.

"In a Steve Jobs School," de Hond says, "no child is an exception as every child works at its own pace."

Brightworks School. San Francisco, California. The school that teaches dangerously.

Launched by visionary Gever Tulley in 2011, Brightworks takes some of the most dangerous things parents tell their kids not to do and makes an entire curriculum out of them.

Kids in grades K to 12 get dirty, play with fire, take apart home appliances, and complete art projects all in the same day.

"We invite students to be co-authors of their education, embracing and supporting the individual and the unique set of skills and interests that motivate them," Tulley and Justine Macauley, Brightworks' program coordinator, tell Tech Insider in an email.

The school is housed in an expansive warehouse filled with art and forts and makeshift theaters - items all meant to tap into kids' creative side.

"The world needs more people who see the hardest challenges as interesting puzzles and have the creative capacity, skills, and tenacity to make change happen," Tulley and Macauley say. They are people "who take joy in contributing instead of consuming, participating actively in the world, and who empathize across social and economic boundaries."

Carpe Diem Schools. Aiken, Ohio. The school built like an office.

The Carpe Diem school look more like an office building than a classroom.

Inside the main room, known as The Learning Center, there are 300 cubicles (one for each student). These cubes house a computer that guides the student through his or her education.

"We personalize education," Carpe Diem CEO Dr. Robert Sommers tells Tech Insider. "We start by understanding the student and then adapt our work to meet their needs to succeed." If students have trouble with their online learning, they can turn to instructors for help.

It's a model that has paid off big time in the handful of Carpe Diem schools, which go from grades 3 to 12, across the US.

Carpe Diem-Yuma, in Arizona, outperformed every public school in the county on the Arizona Instrument for Measuring Standards (AIMS) test four years in a row. Average proficiency was 65%. Meanwhile, Carpe Diem's was 92%.

In Indianapolis, kids are increasing their reading levels by the equivalent of three years in just one year's time.

"Every student is different," Sommers says. "Yet we need to get them all prepared for life after school. Adjusting to their needs allows students to be more successful. We judge our success on our students success."

Innova Schools. Peru. The school built by world-class designers.

Innova is Peru's response to failing standardized education in the country. The school combines several different forms of instruction - tech-heavy online learning, guided lessons, group work - in a setting that was designed to be modular and adaptable to the location.

Billionaire businessman Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor launched the line of schools in 2011 with the help of global design firm IDEO. Today, there are 29 schools across the country.

Students spend half their day deeply immersed in guided online education and the other half receiving more traditional instruction.

The tech-heavy school, which is open to kids in Kindergarten through 11th grade, only costs parents roughly $130 a month. So far, it's been wildly successful, too. In 2013, 61% percent of Innova second-graders reached proficiency in federal math exams. The national average was just 17%.

Blue School. New York, New York. The school fusing compassion and creativity.

Creativity is king at Blue School, which was founded as a playgroup in 2006 by the Blue Man Group. Sensing a gap in how schools operated, the group strove to bring its quirkiness and love of inquiry into education.

As part of the curriculum, kids in grades 2 to 8 come up with ways to improve recycling, create 3D models of New York City, and fix home appliances. They gain an intimacy with real-world problems that few kids are exposed to in learning their times tables with flash cards.

Its system of "dynamic learning" ranges from age 2 to grade 8. No matter their age, kids are taught that creating and implementing novel ideas is a critical set of skills.

" Studies show that fostering and explicitly teaching social and intellectual skills in school results in the adaptable thinkers, collaborative problem solvers, and irrepressible innovators that an unknowable and quickly changing world demands," Blue School officials tell Tech Insider.

Samaschool. San Francisco, California. The school that says it's not too late.

In-demand jobs are hard enough to find, let alone for people in low-income areas. But those are the people Samaschool wants most, which is why the school gives adults who struggle to find employment a leg up, with an education focused on the digital and entrepreneurial skills necessary in today's market.

Students can choose between the 10-week course, lasting 80 hours, and the online course, which takes between 20 and 30 hours.

They go on to a variety of jobs; recent graduates have taken jobs in customer service and SEO optimization.

The biggest thing students gain is relevancy, she says.

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The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is seeking your insight and ideas on how future learning environments are designed, constructed and furnished.

In January of 2011, President Barack Obama released a report ( Strengthening our Military Families)thatidentified education as one of his key areas.Complementing this initiative, the Department of Defense has committed to an ambitious military construction program that will build or significantly renovate over 100 DoDEA schools. From now until 2016, this modernization initiative will replace an aging inventory of facilities with state-of-the-art schools to support dependent education for the next 45 years.

School districts across the nation, including DoDEA, are facing major facility challenges due largely to the aging infrastructure and the related costs. Providing a safe, secure and educationally appropriate facility for all military children is a critical responsibility for DoDEA.

Parents and community members are invited to share ideas at: http://21stcentury.dodea.edu/ .

"We really need input from our students, parents and the community to help design educational facilities that optimize success for students in the 21st Century," said Fitzgerald. "Our schools need to support the teaching and learning process in a way that helps our children grow and learn in the 21st Century."

Submissions can be in the form of videos, images, written narratives or audio files. All student work must be submitted by a teacher using the established Intranet site to ensure adult moderation.

The site provides registration information, guiding questions, and the process for submitting ideas electronically.

DoDEA has established a three phase plan entitled, Facilities for 21st Century Learning. Phase 1, which has already occurred, brought together experts from industry, educational leaders, and futurists.Phase 2 focuses on receiving ideas and input from you, our customers.Phase 3 will involve a thorough analysis and synthesis of all submitted ideas and input.

"We are seeing dramatic changes in how students communicate, interact, and learn," said DoDEA Acting Director Marilee Fitzgerald. "School facilities of the future must be flexible and adaptable, allowing us to adjust to deliver student-centric education for a 21 st century, knowledge-based economy."

DoDEA will take innovations in education, curriculum delivery, use of technology, and the growing expectations for sustainability and energy conservation into consideration as the process moves forward.

The deadline for submission is June 16. Don't miss this opportunity to influence the future of education within DoDEA. Visit the site today at: http://21stcentury.dodea.edu/ .

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Charter Schools are conceptually interesting entities in the education landscape. In the United States, they offer primary and secondary education based on a set of principles and core beliefs that drive their methodologies. While they receive less public funding than public schools, they have the advantage of having less rules and regulations. They are generally founded by parents, teachers, or organizations, and there are currently greater than 6000 schools in the United States, accounting for more than 6% of all public schools. However, the perception of charter schools is quite ambivalent, and the efficacy of each depends on how they convert resources into teachers, spaces, and initiatives that best serves their students and credo. The problem in addressing charter schools as one collective ideal is that they are fundamentally very different. While I'll address the broader scope of charter schools in a longer piece, I wanted to take the time to talk about two charter schools in the Pittsburgh area that surprised me with their commitment and depth to their ideals.

Propel Braddock Hills School

Transforming Spaces

The most interesting element of Propel Braddock Hills is actually its location in the middle of a shopping center. If nothing else, the conversion of space into a elementary and high school setting is an interesting sight. While it still features traditional classrooms and hallway structures, there were a few classrooms held in a space without walls, separated simply by organic dividers. The use of the space has evolved over the past few years, and while it doesn't seem like the most efficient use, I believe that it's valuable for the school to continue introducing various teaching methods, allowing students to interact with their space differently. Next, the cafeteria features a very central design, with many entrances and exits, ledges, and a stage in front. It's a creative combination of elements that makes the space feel a lot less like a school, but a community. Majority of public schools in the United States have a standard layout, but Propel Braddock Hills demonstrates a unique approach to converting the already available structure to suit their needs, resulting in a surprisingly appealing and distinct environment.

Student-Driven Decisions

The most exciting element at Propel Braddock Hills was the interaction between administration and students. Intentionally or inadvertently drawing from the teachings of Connected Learning, the school actively seeks to connect the students with their environment. One example of this include students learning economics running the school store, the profits from which go to fund student initiatives. Students can also propose ideas for after school projects, the way they're rewarded for success, usually involving writing grants and propositions to the school that are either internally funded or through outside sources. In addition to interacting with their school environment, the students have been engaged with their communities from designing store fronts to revitalizing playgrounds. In my brief time there meeting principal Joe Oliphant and several teachers, it's evident that the school has an exciting crew of educators dedicated to their growing student base, a 27% increase from last year.

Environmental Charter School

Good Design

Like Propel Braddock Hills, the Environmental School has a unique setting being next to Frick Park, enabling them to integrate a lot of nature into their focus and structure. More impressively, ECS is a paragon of how to embrace the current culture and technology in their learning spaces. My initial impression of ECS is how prevalent and inter-connected the design theme is throughout the building and communications. A muted grey background accented by various earth-toned colors and accompanied by a refreshing font sets the tone for the core principles of the school and it feels like a school that belongs to the new generation. Design elements also extend to the classroom, one example of which is a whiteboard comprised of individual slates that students can work on and then combine together for everyone to look at and discuss.

Data-driven Approach

Justin Aglio revealed many insightful paths ECS will be taking moving forward, the most interesting was a data-driven approach to improvement for both the school and the students. Currently, the system of evaluating schools and students is based on a very limited or biased set of metrics that don't adequately isolate specific areas of improvement. Again, using a very design-heavy approach, not unlike David McCandles's work with "Information is Beautiful", ECS is developing a comprehensive set of rubrics to measure and visualize the efficacy of their initiatives as well as track progress on their goals. Regarding students, Aglio and education consultant Norton Gusky both argue against the current system of measuring progress using limited evaluation metrics and reductionist report cards, instead proposing a more comprehensive database to track skills and proficiency. This would help educators, parents, and students better understand individual strengths and target areas for improvement.

Final Thoughts

I want to thank Norton Gusky, Justin Aglio, and Joe Oliphant for speaking with me and sharing their insight and experience. During my visits, it became evident how different these two charter schools are based on their ideals, setting, student body, and how they allocate their resources. The flexibility and willingness to innovate allows them to pursue initiatives that wouldn't be as available or possible in a standard public system. The principals and educators in both schools interacted within their respective spaces with a vitality that's hard to describe in words. That being said, both schools along with charter schools in general are still learning and adapting to best cater to their respective communities. It'll be interesting to speak to them again in a year to see the progress they have made, lessons they continue to learn, and how they expect to maintain their innovative spirit once their structure and practices solidify. My next few articles regarding charter schools will look at a more numerical approach to the efficacy of charter schools compared to public schools, evaluate if comparisons between charter schools are fair, and gauge what other educators and parents think of the comparison.

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There are few professions nobler than that of educating children. It is easy to help them mug up concepts, diagrams and numerical. But still, there are many who go against the grain, so to speak. There are many whose schooling systems are unlike any other. These schools are unique and here, children go on a completely different journey as far as education is concerned.

So here, to make you feel horrible about your own education, is a list of the unique schools of India.

1. Druk Padma Karpo School

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In case you are wondering what this means, Padma means White and Karpo means Lotus in Bodhi. The school is located in Shey, Ladakh and is one of the coolest schools ever. To say it in few words, this was the school featured towards the end of the film 3 Idiots. The school that is run by Aamir Khan's character Phunsuk Wangdu.

The concept of the school began when the local people literally asked for it. They wished for their children to be raised with the values instilled by Tibetan Buddhism. Needless to say, this school does that. According to its website, it is a structure that celebrates and enhances local values while at the same time making the most of cutting edge technology and construction methods from the west.

2. Loktak Floating Elementary School

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The Loktak Lake in Manipur serves as a lifeline for many of the local people, a significant part of which are fishermen. It serves as an area for waterfowl to breed and a staging site for birds that have migrated. It's a source for hydropower generation, irrigation and drinking water supply. The area is, of course, a major source of livelihood for all the fishermen, who happen to be the major reason this school exists.

Most fishermen survive on a small income that does not provide much for them to send their children to a proper school in the city. Thus, All Loktak lake Fishermen's Union and the People's Resources Development Association collaborated to set up, literally, a floating school that currently caters to about 25 children and even illiterate adults.

Now, imagine if your teacher asks you to stand outside the class.

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This particular place of education is located in the Damodar Gardens of the Theosophical Society in Chennai. The form of teaching students in this school is unique. Students are encouraged to engage in their respective talents and nurture them to their fruition. The staff and students are also involved in the cleaning of the classes, dining halls and the entire campus. They are taken to different parts of the country as field trips, where they make their contribution by helping the local people with their work.The curriculum involves the students learning all subjects and learning how all subjects are connected.

4. The Platform School

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The Platform School was started by Inderjit Khurana. While travelling through trains she noticed many children who would use the platforms to sell tea or beg to make a living. Moved by the plight of these tiny ones, she started the concept of a Platform School.

Within no time, the tiny little classrooms on the platform had 100 students. Khurana soon realised that there had to be more to the school. Her teaching methods were sound, focusing on song, dance, drama and puppetry as tools rather than academics. But that wasn't enough. There were children who had almost no standard of living. In order to make something of them, they would require medical aid, counselling and in some cases, even shelter. Slowly, she incorporated these values into her methods of teaching and the enterprise grew. The number of volunteers within the organisation also grew steadily and today, it continues to provide for those who have very little.

5. The Yellow Train School

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This particular school is surrounded by farmlands and open skies, basically a scene from the typical Yash Chopra movie. The farm itself is organic in nature and provides a natural atmosphere for children to grow and learn in. The school also has an open air amphitheatre which acts as a place for children to showcase their talent and also serves as a general place for gathering. The most interesting part is the first floor, from where children can jump out from the corridors onto a large hammock that hangs above the ground floor.

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It focuses on the philosophy of 'no answer is wrong.' It provides an alternative approach that fits more within the Indian context and is slowly gaining popularity. The schools founder describes it as "a space where children will belong, will create a future for themselves and learn to give to the world."

Our country is replete with those who wish to contribute their bit to the field of education and to that I say, the more the merrier. Children are the future and they deserve everything we can give them. Let's hope this article gives you some food for thought as you decide which school to pick for your child.

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Harvard University was founded in 1636 after the Great General Court of the Massachusetts Bay colony's vote. Located in an urban setting in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it was the first higher education institution in the British North American colonies, and is the oldest university in the US. Initially called the "New College", it was renamed Harvard College after clergyman John Harvard, who was its first benefactor. The university gained its charter in 1650. At first it had a strong Puritan character, closely affiliated with Congregational and Unitarian churches.

History

In its early years, Harvard trained many Puritan ministers and was usually headed by clergymen. Then, with the rise of Enlightenment in the 18th Century, the movement's values, such as reason and free will, became widespread in the colony, and the university became an important tool in the transmission of such ideas. The university underwent a process of secularization during that period, especially following Charles Eliot's becoming the school's President in 1869. Eliot eliminated Christianity-oriented teaching from the curriculum, while opening up the curriculum to increased self-direction by students. He also focused on the cultivation of dignity and the ability to perceive truths. Harvard has since then became an important cultural hub in the Eastern US, and its international reputation has only grown.

Structure

Harvard is an urban, private research institution. It is governed by a President, a Board of Overseers, and the Fellows of Harvard College. Harvard University carries out its administration and instruction through 9 faculties. These are the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (including Harvard College, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as well as Division of Continuing Education), the Faculty of Business, the Faculty of Design, the Faculty of Divinity, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Government, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Public Health, and the Faculty of Medicine. The school also has five campuses, all of which are to be found in the Boston area. Harvard University also owns 7 libraries and 5 museums. Much of the libraries' collections and the museums' exhibitions are open for students and the public alike.

Rankings

Harvard University has been ranked one of the best universities internationally for generations. It has been ranked as the best university by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Times Higher Education Rankings, QS World University Rankings, and the US News and World Report alike. Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, the School of Social Sciences, and the School General Sciences offers its best known and most popular majors. Harvard University is highly selective, and its acceptance rate stands at around a mere 6%. Harvard has international students hailing from 151 different countries.

Alumni

Harvard has been called home by many excellent, achieved, and famous alumni in a variety of fields. Eight US Presidents have attended Harvard, including President John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Many of them have said that their time at Harvard motivated them to learn, to be curious, and to stay motivated. Many Supreme Judges and Civil Rights leaders were also educated at Harvard. Other famous alumni include UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, computer visionary Bill Gates, social media entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg, and actress Natalie Portman.

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Harvard University - Educational Institutions around the World

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Harvard University was founded in 1636 after the Great General Court of the Massachusetts Bay colony's vote. Located in an urban setting in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it was the first higher education institution in the British North American colonies, and is the oldest university in the US.

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the school looks like a giant apple store