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Community Based LearningPBL
October 18, 2023

New Method of Learning Engages Students in a Dropout Prevention & Recovery Program

Mahoning Valley Transformational Learning Educators at the Mahoning Valley Community School use Korda Institute's methodology to engage and empower their students, leading to transformational learning. With this radically different method of teaching, students learn while solving real and urgent problems for their community, developing critical skills and confidence. Watch below…
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Community Based LearningHigh Quality TeachingPBL
January 30, 2023

Elementary Students Changed Trajectory of Community Project

Elementary school teacher, Terri Santee, needed a way to get her students engaged in their learning when they returned to school after the COVID-19 pandemic. She decided to implement a community project using Korda Institute's methodology and worked with the mayor’s office to present her first graders with a real-world…
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Community Based LearningPBL
September 26, 2022

Math Becomes Real for Students Tackling Community Problem

Students Learn Math While Tackling a Community Problem One of the most dreaded questions any math teacher faces from their students is “When will I ever have to use this?” Isabel Peña - an educator at Columbus City Schools - used the Korda Institute’s methodology to come up with her…
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21st Century LearningCommunity Based Learning
August 31, 2022

Students Learn While Changing Their World

Deep Student Impact Through New Methodology Students all over the world have experienced transformative learning through the Korda Institute’s methodology. By tackling real problems from real organizations, they develop skills ranging from research to collaboration, and are able to develop their emotional intelligence and confidence. When students see how they’re…
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Community Based LearningHigh Quality TeachingPBL
August 31, 2022

Students Create Data-Driven Plan for Local Mentorship Program

When Nationwide Children’s Hospital needed help designing an after-school mentorship program for troubled youth, they partnered with teachers and students at Columbus City Schools. The students dug into self-directed research, learned how to revise their work to produce the best possible product, and gained new confidence in public speaking and…
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Community Based LearningPBL
March 24, 2022

Students Tackle Social Justice Through Food

Teachers from Columbus City School District used a local business's problem for students to learn social justice and critical skills. Lifestyle Cafe activated CCS students to expand the reach and impact of this black women-owned vegan restaurant in the local community. Students learned about food insecurity, economic systems, and structural…
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Community Based Learning
December 19, 2021

Innovative Summer School Reignites and Engages Students

Ohio's largest school district, Columbus City Schools, reignites and engages students with an innovative summer school program. Korda Institute for Teaching trained educators to design and teach projects where students developed skills and deep knowledge while solving problems for local community partners. Students conducted research, worked collaboratively and developed creative…
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21st Century LearningCommunity Based Learning
November 3, 2020

First Graders Collaborate Remotely to Solve Community Challenge

As teachers shifted in March to distance learning, a first-grade teacher at Kingsville Elementary School in Ohio was committed to keeping the learning her students experienced meaningful and engaging. Jacqueline Jenks used the training she received from Korda Institute for Teaching to integrate real challenges from organizations in her community…
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Community Based LearningHigh Quality Teaching
July 24, 2020

Engagement Spikes for Ohio Teachers Doing Remote School Differently

As schools across the country closed their doors last March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many districts were faced with a widening of the achievement gap compounded by unequal access to technology and being forced to implement remote learning practices practically overnight. In the face of this crisis, several…
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Community Based Learning
January 30, 2020

Students Develop Skills While Solving Animal Shelter Problem

7th Grade students take on a community-based challenge from their local animal shelter. Watch how these students at Braden Middle School develop the problem solving skills that community members believe will impact the future of their rural community. "This was a real problem and something tangible they were asked to…
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Community Based LearningPBL
October 20, 2019

Students Solving Recidivism Problem in Rural Ohio

In a community devastated by the opioid crisis, 7th grade students at Braden Middle School were challenged to help revitalize their local criminal justice system. Find out what the Lieutenant from the country jail thought about their evidence-based solutions. "This next generation is very good at critical thinking and problem…
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Community Based LearningPBL
July 15, 2019

STEM Students Collaborate to Address Food Insecurity

Educators at Linden-McKinley STEM Academy were trained to integrate community partners into their curriculum.  These 12th graders were challenged by a local urban garden to help increase the numbers of families in the neighborhood receiving produce from the farm.  After uncovering research about food insecurity in their community and the…
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21st Century LearningCommunity Based LearningPBL
April 26, 2019

School Transforms English Language Learners

See what a team of educators are doing to change the future for newly arrived refugee children in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus Global Academy is partnering with Korda Institute for Teaching to implement an innovative, powerful method of teaching and learning where students are learning English and the skills they need…
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