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How Students Find Strength Now | Becoming Independent Learners – Collectively

By Jaclyn Borowski — September 8, 2020 3:22

What student goals should a school leader be prioritizing during this pandemic? How are students coming to understand themselves as learners differently? Principal Jill Gurtner and Matthew Thompson, a recent graduate of her Clark Street Community School in Wisconsin, discuss how a community can encourage students in the productive struggle of learning—even when that has to happen remotely.

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