Students each wearing matching uniforms calmly making their way to classes. Classes full of well-behaved, eager-to-learn children. Or classes full of snobby, entitled students daring you to challenge them. The latter are some of the ideas – albeit – mostly wrong I’ve had about private schools in my hometown and in general. Last Spring, I […]
Reaching and Retaining the Next Generation: Adapting to the Expectations of Gen Z in the Classroom
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If They Are Choosing the Family Car, They Are Going to Want Choice in the Classroom
Know your audience! This is what marketers and educators have in common, especially as they both are focused on Generation ZÂ (Gen Z)Â students, children born 1997-to the present. The one defining characteristic of Gen Z? These students (K-12)Â have never known a world without the internet or cell phones (mostly smartphones). For them, Google and Wi-Fi […]