Archive: 2018
Microsoft Flagship Schools: Transforming Education From The Ground Up
This fall 17 schools throughout the world will embark on a collaborative journey to “transform education from the ground up.” Learn more here.
When the School Doors Close: Tips for Families To Help Students Continue Learning When Disaster Strikes
By: Erin Gohl & Kristen Thorson. When disaster hits families face the reality that schools must close during such emergencies. Here are tips to help keep the learning going.
Teaching Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Fuel 21st Century Success
By: Andrea Keith. Learn why it is crucial that we define entrepreneurship in the 21st-century based on the skills required, not the money we make.
Defining High-Quality Project-Based Learning
Discover how the new Framework for High-Quality Project-Based Learning helps educators better prepare students to contribute in the innovation economy.
Upstream Arts and the Power of Unique Abilities
Discover how one organization uses the power of the creative arts to activate and amplify the voice and choice of its students.
School’s Out: What if School Did Not Exist?
"The School’s Out paper sets up an entry point for learner-centered leaders and their communities to imagine education from a blank slate while maintaining an honest commitment to developing actionable ideas.”
Let’s Talk About AI Ethics; We’re On a Deadline
Code that learns is both powerful and dangerous. AI requires a new technical and civic infrastructure, a new way to conduct business, a new way to be together in community. It’s time to #AskAboutAI. It’s time for community conversations about the ethics and opportunities of our time.
What Can Student Learning Teach Us About Professional Development for Teachers?
By: Kathy Dyer. For true learning to take place in a professional development setting, teachers—like students—need to take ownership of their learning. How does that happen? Find out here.
Helping CAOs Make the Shift to Personalized Learning
Explore the difference between managed instruction and next generation learning, and learn ten elements of comprehensive solutions to the challenge of helping chief academic officers reframe their work.
5 Things That Make Project-Based Learning Culturally Responsive
By: Joe Truss. Project-Based Learning (PBL) is starting to catch on across the country but why does it work? Joe Truss explains.