Difference Making

Schools Alive With Possibility

Are schools alive with possibility? Tom explores four hopeful emerging K-12 education trends.

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New Pathways

Purpose Powered Education

[…] career education classes and high school advisory curriculum with assessments like YouScience and experiences like Major Clarity help identify aptitudes and interests. Learners at Valor Collegiate Academies (and 60+ partner schools) start the day in a circle of trust and safety exploring what excellence looks like in body, heart, mind, and spirit. Through Valor’s Compass Model, members […]

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Leadership

Up Close With Nevada Succeeds: Transformation Starts With Equity

[…] to do work that really matters to them and their community. Eric elaborates on this and shares how, at VIDA, they are “tending to the souls of schools.” Dr. Smith speaks about the kinds of experiences that people would benefit the most from in terms of preparing them to be thoughtful school and community […]

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Difference Making

The Decomposition of School and Regeneration of Learning

[…] and collaborative, and in living ecosystems, regenerative power is shared. How can power sharing in learning facilitate greater creativity and agency? No being is more or less alive than any other, and they are all different. They have to be. When all species in an ecosystem are the same, the ecosystem dies. This is […]

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Difference Making

Difference Making at the Heart of Giving

[…] An obligatory plug for the root of our contribution focus, the new book by Tom Vander Ark and Dr. Emily Liebtag is full of great examples of schools, organizations and communities empowering learners to contribute to their communities and seek to make a difference in the world. Buy it here and use code SELNOW […]

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Leadership

Joanne McEachen on Contributive Learning

Joanne McEachen is joining the podcast this week to have a conversation with Tom about her newest book, The Depthvale Detectives, and the Great Education Crisis.

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