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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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High Quality TeachingPBL
September 26, 2023

Teachers Embark on Fellowship to Deepen Their Practice and Engage Students

Columbus City Schools – the largest public school district in Ohio – has partnered with Korda Institute to implement the Fellowship for 21st Century Teaching & Learning. Teachers in 7 middle schools joined the Fellowship to try bold new methods on the ground in their classrooms. Watch below to hear…
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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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PBL
October 27, 2022

Real World Challenge Provokes Deep Learning in Students

Local News Station Challenges Students, Provokes Deep Learning When Taylor Rush’s summer school students were given a challenge by their local NBC station to come up with a plan for a community garden, she didn’t expect the profound and deep learning that would result. By taking on a complex problem…
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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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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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21st Century LearningHigh Quality TeachingPBL
May 7, 2020

Teacher Reinvigorates Her Practice and Students

After trying a new method of teaching, Robin Hudson reinvigorates her practice and students after years of feeling the pressure to “teach to the test”. In her 5th grade class at Buckeye Local School District, student teams solve challenges for local organizations in their community hit hard by the opioid…
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PBL
April 30, 2020

Student Ownership Increases with Local YMCA Project

Educators at Braden Middle School partnered with their local YMCA to give students an opportunity for real-world learning. The students were challenged by the CEO of the YMCA to help reduce the number of drownings suffered by their community on the shores of Lake Erie. Watch how student ownership and…
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21st Century LearningPBL
April 9, 2020

Transforming Adult Learning

Watch how transformative learning gives opportunity and changes lives for underemployed women and minorities in Ohio. We Can Code IT, an equity-focused coding organization, implemented Korda Institute's teaching methods for Problem-Based Learning and "skyrocketed the learning curve for their students." "We saw a difference in the amount of hand holding…
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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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PBL
September 12, 2019

New Immigrants Learn English with PBL

In a school where students come from over 55 countries, educators are changing the way they teach English as a Second Language. Watch how 8th graders develop deeper language skills while solving local problems. "The first thing you see is the language development but the biggest thing I see is…
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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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PBL
June 14, 2019

8th Graders Create Solutions for Homeless Shelter

8th grade students experience social emotional learning when given a challenge by a local homeless shelter. Designing solutions for real people in their community caused these middle school students to engage deeper in the complexities of homelessness. Watch as these teachers used a proven teaching method to focus on individual…
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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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