Archive: 2016
Equity & Access
Does Your Curriculum Have a Growth Mindset?
By: Susan Santone. Cultural relevance and social action can help kids shift the narrative of their lives and futures, encouraging their optimism, agency and collaboration--all elements of the growth mindsets needed for academic and SEL development.
Personalized Learning
K-12 Milestones: What Should Students Know and Be Able to Do and When?
A school board director asked us what the major milestones in K-12 are on a recent school visit, so here is a list created from several sources detailing what K12 students should know, be able to do and when.
Personalized Learning
The Rollercoaster of Career Choice: From Aspiring Physicist to Social Entrepreneur
By: Omar Bawa. Members of GenDIY may not find a direct career path, but the knowledge they gain along the journey will eventually benefit them, whatever their final destination ends up being.
EdTech
6 Apps That Can Help with Student Assessment
By: Jenny Wise. There is one aspect of education that all teachers and learners face: assessment. So here are a few creative methods for using technology that can help provide a more accurate and useful assessment of performance and learning.
Leadership
Getting Smart on Learner-Centered STEM
The "Getting Smart on Learner-Centered STEM" series in partnership with Harmony Public Schools wraps with the release of this culminating Smart Bundle collection featuring the blogs, images and videos from our exploration of the STEMSOS learning model.
Difference Making
Stuff You Need to Learn to Get a Real Job
Even the best colleges don’t teach everything you need to know to be able to get a decent job. Here are the skills employers are really looking for in new hires, as well as ways to hone these skills.
Leadership
Taking Global Education Beyond the Classroom
By: Mark Otter. VIF International Education is expanding beyond the classroom to introduce more students to global education with its relaunch of New Global Citizens after-school programming.
Early Learning
Learning (and Teaching) Leadership in the Early Grades
Mukilteo Elementary School in Washington State teaches students leadership skills by implementing FranklinCovey's The Leader In Me, a program designed to teach the '7 Habits of Successful People' to younger students.
Project-Based Learning
3 Elements of Deeper Project-Based Learning
By: Loretta Goodwin. Conversations with students, teachers and administrators at Arlington Career Center reveal three key factors driving the enthusiasm and success of its deeper project-based learning program.
EdTech
EdTech 10: It’s an Amazing Time to be an Educator
In this week's edition, we share stories around how amazing it is right now to be an educator, with new school models and edtech tools available that support and benefit student success.