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Difference Making
A Complete Guide for Finding (and Doing) What You Love
GenDIY is all about finding what makes you happy and pursuing that happiness through work and relationships and in ways that are unique to who you are. In the blog that was originally published on Medium, Thomas Oppong shares a brief guide for finding your calling.
Ed Policy
Eight Ways Federal Policymakers Can Support Student-Centered Learning
By: Susan Gentz. We’re driven by a mission to transform K-12 education policy and practice to design powerful, personalized, learner-centered experiences through competency-based, blended and online learning. This is why we created a set of frameworks to move the needle in overcoming these barriers.
Leadership
Diversifying Global Education to Diversify Global Leadership
The impact of international education is profound and this is what drives the work to build a network of study abroad public high schools that provide students from historically underserved communities access to education overseas.
Personalized Learning
Can You Learn Data Science on the Job?
By: Laetitia Van Cauwenberghe. Since data scientist is a senior job title that comes with significant experience, even expertise, how can you become a data scientist fresh out of college, or from Coursera classes, or from some data science boot camp? I believe you indeed learn data science on the job.
Difference Making
How Can Cities Help Youth With the School-to-Work Transition?
By: Gabriel Sanchez Zinny. The skills gap is a widespread problem, but the solutions to it will likely be local, diverse, and community-driven. We need a better sense of how local policies are being implemented and received and best practices from cities.
Personalized Learning
Examining Policy Recommendations for Online Charter Schools
By: Mary Gifford & Getting Smart Staff. The first of many analyses of public virtual charter schools points out the need for additional studies based on the unique nature of these schools’ students and the quickly evolving online learning instructional model.
Ed Policy
Modernizing Educator and Leader Development for Student-Centered Learning
By: Dale Frost. States can accelerate innovation by modernizing educator and leader development. In order to do so, states need to revise laws and regulations that were created for an outdated, one-size-fits-all model of K-12.
Personalized Learning
No Preschool Is Perfect: How to Find the Almost-Perfect Situation That’s Right for Your Family
Preschool parents crave information. You may not need daily reports, writes author Suzanne Podhurst, but there are other important items to consider when choosing a preschool. This blog is part of our Smart Parents series, where we break down how parents can encourage and promote powerful learning.
Uncategorized
Moving From ‘Gotcha’ to ‘Growth’: Using Video in the Classroom for Effective Teacher Feedback
By: Vanessa Belair. To keep up with the pace of change, professional learning and resources must evolve to address individual abilities and interests and help educators meet their goals. New video technology provides opportunities never before possible for teachers to receive the personalized, objective feedback they need to grow.
Ed Policy
Four Ways States Can Promote Quality in Blended and Online Learning
With the growth of new learning models comes the need to improve quality assurance systems across K–12 to ensure that only high-quality, proven providers serve students. The 2015 iNACOL State Policy Frameworks presents frameworks for sustainable, systemic change that will dramatically increase personalized learning for students.