11 Dec Potomac River Connect Unit
Following a heavy science and math unit, our third Connect Unit was a study of Shakespearean ...
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19 Nov Experiential Education at Mysa
Last Friday, Mysa students caught the J2 bus from our Bethesda campus to the bus stop on East West Highway and Meadowbrook Lane. We crossed traffic and entered the a trail following Rock Creek past neighborhoods and a horse stable to a local park. The...
16 Oct Is Homework Beneficial?
There are a vast number of traditions in education that continue, not based on any hard evidence, but simply because we cannot imagine any other way. For instance, why do schools have summers off? It has to be based on some kind of research on...
28 Jun Family Volunteer Fair 9/22/18
Mysa's Second Annual Family Volunteer Fair Community engagement is an important value to cultivate for parents, children, students, and organizations. Working to engage, advocate, and participate in volunteerism allows students to feel a greater responsibility for the well-being of their community. It’s a great way to...
10 May Mysa Peru
Mark Twain wrote, "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."...
06 Feb Education Post ~ This is What it Really Looks Like to Transform a School
Modern education is consumed with data, deviations, and standardized exams. Leaders, administrators, and teachers are constantly working to increase student achievement to meet future, unknown demands for the pupils. At Mysa, we've been examining what challenging, personalized education looks like in practice and carefully measuring...
26 Sep Fox News ~ Millions of kids will get suspended this year. Students’ emotions- not discipline – are key to better classrooms
Teachers and school administrators can, and must, gauge students' emotions and step in before troubled students have to act out to get noticed. Read more here about how learning, behavior and emotions are interwoven....
23 May The Detroit News ~ Sounding the alarm on school schedules
Schools today are trapped in ridgid daily schedules that dictate what and when a student learns. Equal blocks of times to tackle a variety of tasks is not the most effective way to teach or learn. Learn more here about the disadvantages of our schedules...
11 Nov The Orange County Register ~ Americas Schools Need to Think Small
In this article Siri - MYSA's Founder and Head of School discusses the new micro school model and movement that is sweeping across the United States. ...
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