We conclude the IDI conference w Ofcom Chief Exec Melanie Dawes, former The FCC chair Tom Wheeler & our own 🇺🇦 [email protected] - followed by panel w reps from Meta, Jigsaw (Google) & TikTok on content moderation Northeastern Global News Northeastern U. Northeastern U.LDN

Great to have Northeastern U. Boston researchers together w Northeastern U.LDN doc students and faculty. A great sunny day in London, as Internet Democracy Initiative (IDI) celebrates 1st conference & examines global tech-society issues. Northeastern Global News Northeastern CSSH Khoury College of Computer Sciences Northeastern CAMD

Tomorrow at WPS Institute, we are hosting more than a hundred students for a 48-hour hackathon in partnership with Hack Club. There’s nothing better than having students in the building, excited and empowered to do this work. One of my favorite hauls: Kevin’s ice hockey table

thank you Chris Unger for including WPS Institute Salem project in this week's newsletter! Looking forward to catching up with you soon.

In Education Week, Hess highlighted 3 requirements for effectively replacing seat time w/ skill mastery. On the front lines of implementing mastery learning, MTC members would agree: transparent competency definitions & aligned evidence of mastery are central to success. 💯

Thanks Education Reimagined for inspiring us! We are so excited about the successes we are seeing in this partnership with Salem Public Schools and so many other terrific community partners! bit.ly/3OrJvMd #LearningtoLoveSchool #edchat #learneragency #openwalled #sociallyembedded

Huge fan of Jal Mehta’s work! Thanks for the WPS Institute / Salem Public School shout out!

Thank you The Rennie Center for an inspiring morning. Especially loved Jeffrey C. Riley's call for joyful, deeper learning - exactly what WPS Institute is working to create with Salem Public Schools. Read our op-ed in today's Boston Globe to learn more: bostonglobe.com/2024/01/30/opi…

Teacher helps kids solve a 40-year cold case in class, says this:

'I think that schools should build a network of community partners and invite people to come in, put your name on this list and tell me what your experiences or your expertise is. And then just build a master

Great piece from Jeff Wetzler in Harvard Business Review.

Love the idea of choosing curiosity over certainty to get the feedback you need:

•What information about this person or situation might I be overlooking?
•How might I be inadvertently contributing to the very problem I’m

Here are the top 10 scholars for 2024's Edu-Scholar of Public Influence, ranked by their disciplines. #EWOpinion
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To Replace Skill Mastery for Seat Time, There Are 3 Requirements (Opinion) ⁦Education Week⁩ ⁦Frederick M. Hess⁩

Curious what the experience of folks ⁦Mastery Transcript Consortium® (MTC)⁩ has been and if these principles hold true with their partners? edweek.org/teaching-learn…

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At WPS Institute, we believe in student leadership. Today, the The LigerBots kicked off their four-month build season in preparation for the FIRST robotics competition. @frcteams FIRST

They’ve been here for six hours. They’ll be here for four more. They’ll work through

Throw back to when one of our out-of-school partner orgs, Dreamfar HSM got me to run 3 miles on a chilly Saturday morning with a mentor and alum. It was so fun! New Year’s resolution: treat myself to more of this dream team!! WPS Institute

I’m so interested in what the emerging and growing apprenticeship model means for the changing nature of higher education:

“Some of these new apprenticeships are adapting traditional European models, in which companies hire and train their apprentices, who also attend school

So excited to host the Newton Youth Success Collaborative’s I’m Amazing group a few weeks ago WPS Institute’s Community Learning Lab. We heard from the amazing Katani Sumner and Blayne Lopes about this year’s upcoming intergenerational mentoring opportunities for Black and Latinx

Loading up the tables for the FLL tournament tomorrow!!! So excited for @ligerbots_frc2877! Good luck from WPS Institute!