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Parenting with Social and Emotional Learning: Thinking Before and After Actions
By: Jennifer Miller. As part of our Smart Parents Series, Jennifer shares why stopping to think may not seem a priority in our fast-paced lives but it just may be one key to raising socially and emotionally intelligent children.
Does Your School Have a Culture of Innovation?
By: Gretchen Morgan. The Learning Accelerator and 2Revolutions recently released a tool created to help schools, districts or state agencies evaluate the degree to which they have a culture of innovation.
DLN Report Card: Expanding Online Course Access in Texas
By: Erin Lockett. Course Access is on the rise in the Lone Star State. How the Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN) and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) are working together to increase access.
Finishing the School Year Strong: They Deserve Your Best
By: Trevor Greene. There's no “next time” in the education of our students, that's why we must take advantage of every opportunity and create experiences for students to extend their learning through the end of the year.
Classrooms of the Near Future: Environment Trumps Technology
By: Nick Friedman. As educators and Edleaders navigate the shift to student-centered models and make decisions on tools and strategies, many are still looking for examples and information on what these environments actually look like.
Changing the Mindset of Education: Every Learner is Unique
By: Arina Bokas & Rod Rock. As part of our Smart Parents series, the authors, a PTA President and a Superintendent, argue that we need schools that help encourage growth mindset and emphasize that all learners are unique.
Graduating Self-Directed Learners Ready to Thrive in College
Summit Public Schools create rich learning experiences that allows every student to realize his or her highest potential by focusing on four key elements of college and career readiness that empowers students to drive their learning and own their success.
Five Ways You Can Improve Learning Experience Now
By: Margaret Weigel. Each project involves unique components that form a complex process of translating data points into an actionable product plan, based on needs. But what are these data points? Here's five questions that a Learning Experience Design team must ask at the start of every project.
DLN Report Card: Louisiana Leading the Way Through Course Access
By: Erin Lockett. The Louisiana Course Choice Program today serves as a national model. With its support, Louisiana students can choose from hundreds of online and face-to-face courses offered by over 37 active providers.
One Family’s Journey Exemplifies Anytime-Anywhere Learning
By: Max Silverman & Sue Wilkes. Max and Sue are currently traveling with their three school-aged children. In this Smart Parents blog post, they write about the experience of taking their kids out of school and on the road- and how their kids are keeping up with their school work and incorporating their experiences into the learning.