Archive: 2018
Personalized Learning
New Guide Helps Parents Support Students in LEADing in Their Learning
Following the success of both the "Learning Differences MOOC-Ed" for educators and the "Students LEAD" course, The Friday Institute launched "Letting Students LEAD," a parent-directed companion resource to further support maximizing student learning.
EdTech
A Look at MakerBot Education
3D printing is being used to support STEM integration, design thinking and more all over the country. Jamie Back explores MakerBot Education's resources.
EdTech
6 Keys to a Successful Classroom Technology Pilot
By: Gerard Dawson. A superintendent and an instructional coach share how they got started using video-driven teacher observation.
Project-Based Learning
How to Connect Current Events to Project-Based Learning
By: Jodie Brivic. In this post, discover how school work directly correlates to real problems the world is facing and possible solutions to solve those challenges.
SEL & Mindset
Developing Stronger Teacher-Student Connections
By: Tara Brown. Connecting with kids takes on many forms but all can have a huge impact on a child’s feeling of emotional safety, level of engagement and, ultimately, academic achievement.
Leadership
The Power of Teacher-to-Teacher Observations: A Formative Assessment Field Trip
A group of teachers recently set out on an adventure to conduct classroom observations and to seek out answers to some of their key questions about formative assessment. Here's what they learned.
EdTech
70 Elementary & Middle Schools Worth Visiting
We believe school visits are the best form of professional learning. Based on a couple thousand school visits, and with help from colleagues and readers, we’ve compiled this list of elementary and middle schools that can give educators a better sense of what’s possible.
Equity & Access
Santa Ana USD Provides Next-Gen CTE Pathways
Santa Ana Unified School District has been rethinking teaching and learning to better serve their families and students. Tom and Emily share how SAUSD is creating Next-Gen pathways and improving education in their community.
Future of Work
The Coming Social Economy
In this post, Tom Vander Ark explores the coming social economy and explains how it will be built on the traits that make us uniquely human—care, consideration, creativity, and critical thinking.
Project-Based Learning
HQPBL Case Study: Katherine Smith School
At Katherine Smith School, high quality project-based learning experiences are the norm. Learn more about their successes in our latest HQPBL case study.