Walking through the lush, tree-lined pathways of Branksome Hall’s 13-acre campus, it’s easy to feel the legacy of over a century of educating young minds. As Toronto’s leading independent International Baccalaureate (IB) World School for girls, Branksome Hall has come a long way since its founding in 1903 by Miss Margaret Scott. Back then, it […]| K12 Digest
Imagination Lab School (ILS) is a grades TK-8 independent, progressive school with a commitment to social and emotional development, experiential learning, and community engagement based in Silicon Valley. The school offers a world-class, global education program using a competency-based approach to teaching and learning. Here, a problem-based and project-based approach is implemented to curriculum based […]| K12 Digest
An Odyssey in Education Nick Alchin’s journey in education began in 1993 at a state school in the United Kingdom. He recalls, “It was a truly comprehensive school with a catchment area covering the ‘dreaming spires’ of Oxford and some very socially deprived areas, and a terrific place to begin what has turned out to […]| K12 Digest
Olli-Pekka Heinonen became Director General of the IB in 2021. Previously, from 2017, he was Director General of the Finnish National Agency for Education. Mr. Heinonen was Minister of Education and Science (1994-1999); Minister of Transport and Communication (1999-2002) and a Member of Parliament (1995-2002) in Finland. From 2002-2012, he was Director of Yle, the […]| K12 Digest
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In the pursuit of upholding the vision of the Founding Fathers, who crafted the Constitution, there lies a fundamental acknowledgment: the vitality of the Republic hinges on an educated and principled populace. FreedomProject Academy champions this ethos, aiming not to dictate what students should think, but rather to equip them with the tools to think […]| K12 Digest