AIER convenes both virtual and in-person conversations with local, regional and national educational thinkers, experts, and program representatives. These conversations are more informal and ad-hoc and tend to focus on specific issues of innovative educational practice.
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Example conversation topics:
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What does real educational innovation look like?
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How do we create schedules that meet student needs?
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What is Project Based Learning anyway?
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What is a "choice school?"
Some past discussions that AIER has facilitated:
May 2021
Topic: "As we consider what post-Covid education might look like, what can we learn from innovation at XQ Schools?"
Special Guest: Mary Ryerse from XQ Schools
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February 2021
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Topic: "What can we learn from the film LISTEN about our next steps for mental health in our schools? "
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