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The power of diversity in education
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The Howard Gardner School is based on the idea that there are many ways to be smart.
As learning becomes more differentiated and more informed by science, educators adapt and evolve. At a school in Alexandria, Virginia, students are taught with a focus on the arts, the environment and other avenues to develop their unique intelligences. The students named the school after Howard Gardner, the Harvard psychologist, who put forth the Theory of Multiple Intelligences.
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VPM News Focal Point
The power of diversity in education
Clip: Season 1 Episode 4 | 2m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
As learning becomes more differentiated and more informed by science, educators adapt and evolve. At a school in Alexandria, Virginia, students are taught with a focus on the arts, the environment and other avenues to develop their unique intelligences. The students named the school after Howard Gardner, the Harvard psychologist, who put forth the Theory of Multiple Intelligences.
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