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June 10, 2021
June 10, 2021
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It’s time to get real Real learning and real results for the real world. What if we could learn the way we were born to learn? What if we could accelerate learning by pursuing ideas and projects we’re really excited about? What if we can prepare everyone to succeed with 21st-century skills? Maybe it’s time to get real. Our tried and true project-based learning method provides a highly effective, engaging, […]
June 10, 2021
June 10, 2021
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Join Centric Learning and WAY American School on June 11th at 1PM EST for a live presentation with Central Michigan University. Central Michigan University was founded in 1892 and is located in Mount Pleasant, MI. CMU is one of the nation’s top 100 universities and besides its Mount Pleasant campus, it has more than 30 locations across North America, including Hawaii and Canada. It is important to mention that, as […]
June 9, 2021
June 9, 2021
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Join Centric Learning and WAY American School on June 10th at 2PM EST for a live presentation with Rochester University, a private research institution founded in 1850 and located in the city of Rochester, New York. It is ranked 34th among national universities. The University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music ranks first among undergraduate music schools in the U.S. In its history, university alumni and faculty have earned 13 […]
June 3, 2021
June 3, 2021
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Breaking barriers. Building Confidence. By eliminating limitations and enabling a sense of empowerment, we instill indepen-dence, self-esteem and pride. We create an environment where we can flourish. We harness the positive potential to accelerate learning to make a real difference. Contact us today to see for yourself why our project-based learning is better. It’s good to know Centric Learning is a K-12 education company focused on putting students at the […]
June 2, 2021
June 2, 2021
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Dr. Caesar Mickens, Centric Learning’s Director of Professional Learning and Innovation, shared his thoughts on how project-based learning can eliminate the achievement gap between minority students, students of color, economically disadvantaged and white students. “This gap has existed for decades, but only recently it has been given more attention because of the learning laws due to the pandemic”, says Dr Mickens, saying that a study that the American Institute for […]
May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021
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Learn more. Anywhere. Anytime. The way we see it is every student is different and should be able to learn wherever and whenever. Our tried and true project-based learning method provides a highly effective, engaging and accelerated learning experi-ence. Contact us today and see for yourself. It’s good to know Centric Learning is a K-12 education company focused on putting students at the center of their education with project-based learning. […]
May 20, 2021
May 20, 2021
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Anythink is possible When you’re free to learn about the things that truly interest you, you free your mind. And when learning is built the way we were born to learn we are more engaged. We ignite our curiosity and open a world where anythink is possible. At Centric Learning, our tried and true project-based learning method provides a highly effective, engaging and accelerated learning experience. Contact us today and […]
May 19, 2021
May 19, 2021
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Glen Taylor, Co-CEO of Centric Learning, spoke recently about engagint opportunity students. “I think one of the key factors in working with opportunity youth is creating a very student-centered, authentic caring, environment”. He mentions that Centric Learning has taken the time to think through and identify what are the key barriers that students might face from from a variety of different factors. “Sometimes they’re multiple years behind educationally, so we […]
April 14, 2021
April 14, 2021
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School districts across the country are receiving new COVID relief funding. How should they wisely invest the funds? Technology, infrastructure, and teacher training are three areas that former Michigan State Superintendent Tom Watkins believes should be a priority. Watkins joined Voices of eLearning to discuss this topic and his career. Besides being Centric Learning’s Educational Advisor, Watkins served as state superintendent and led the Detroit-Wayne Mental Health Authority. Now he’s a global education and business […]
April 12, 2021
Our Educational Jeopardy happened live on April 8th, but if you missed it, here is your chance to watch it now. Our team at Centric for a fun hour of exploring project-based learning, how to turn learning loss into learning gains with students, and how to engage students in personalized, authentic learning experiences. Transformation in education is at hand, and what’s working in the classroom is a key topic […]
April 5, 2021
April 5, 2021
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Are we saying that education is in jeopardy? Not at all. But we are saying that transformation is at hand, and what’s working in the classroom is a key topic for educators. Project based learning is clearly working for us at Centric Learning. Along with competency based assessments, and so much more. Join us and the team at Centric for a fun hour of exploring project-based learning, how to turn […]
March 31, 2021
March 31, 2021
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Ronald Stefanski, Centric Learning’s Executive Director of Partnerships, participated on EdTech Industry roundtable, where he had the opportunity to talk about the advancements in assessments, where we help students to accelerate their learning. When talking about quantity data and quality data, Ron says: “I think that, in a lot of the formative assessments we do with students, we haven’t really thought about what we want [from them]. So what we […]
March 30, 2021
March 30, 2021
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Rural Insights, a research and information source for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and beyond, has featured Centric Learning’s podcast, Beyond the Classroom, on its website. With the title New Podcast on Statewide Education, the article focuses on the first episode of the podcast, which featured Centric Learning’s Co-CEOs, Beth Baker and Glen Taylor: “Beyond the Classroom,” a podcast that bring guests with an established background in education to discuss overcoming learning […]
March 29, 2021
March 29, 2021
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Ronald Stefanski, Centric Learning’s Executive Director of Partnerships, participated on EdTech Industry roundtable, where he had the opportunity to talk about the best ways of standardizing assessments. The roundtable was focused on the future of assessment and, when asked “how do you find a standard metric across [all school districts in the United States? Or can you?”, Ron Stefanski answers: “When you look at assessment, I think there’s a movement […]
March 27, 2021
March 27, 2021
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What Makes our Project-Based Learning Different The Centric Learning System is unlike any learning platform in the world, integrating curriculum with assessment, communication tools, and learning resources. With competency-based learning, students progress by mastering learning standards in their courses. Centric Learning makes the teaching and learning experience engaging, intuitive, and robust for teachers and students. They don’t spend their time learning how to navigate technology, they spend their time teaching […]
March 18, 2021
March 18, 2021
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Centric Learning’s Director of Professional Learning and Innovation, Dr. Caesar Mickens Jr., talked about our Summer School program and why it is different from all the others. “Imagine for a moment that you have a summer school program where students are working on projects they are really concerned about… projects on their communities, to resolve, maybe housing issues, or to clean up the community.” Dr. Mickens said. “And that in […]
March 16, 2021
March 16, 2021
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Dr. Caesar Mickens Jr, our Director of Professional Learning and Innovation, talks about why Project-Based Learninng is so important for the present and the future of education. I work with school districts around the country, urban school districts, rural school districts… I’m currently working with quite a few of them and what I found by looking at the data is that over two-thirds of the students in many of these […]
March 5, 2021
Our Director of Instruction and Curriculum, Maria Topliff, was invited to talk about the future of education in the US at The Prospecting Show podcast, with Dr. Connor Robertson from Syntacz. In the podcast, Connor interviews small business owners, sales people and health professionals who excel in their field. The goal is to showcase the talents of people around the world who excel at what they do. Listen to the […]
February 16, 2021
February 16, 2021
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Maria Topliff, our Director of Instruction and Curriculum, talks about the power of online learning, and how it can offer great opportunities for students and teachers when done right. First of all, I have an amazing group of instructors here at Centric. Our teachers really have the students’ best interests at the center of everything. Not only academically, but also emotionally. It is our goal to truly reach out and […]
January 28, 2021
January 28, 2021
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Ron Stefanski, our Executive Director of Partnerships, talks about ways of preventing learning loss through Project-Based Learning. If you’re an educator, a school leader, a teacher, an administrator, the first thing I want to say is “thank you”. Thank you for operating creatively and judiciously and terrifically hard during this pandemic for kids all over. I think it’s crucially important during this time to be able to apply any kinds […]