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The State Of Financial Literacy In K-12
By: Aditya Singhal. The increasing difficulty of financial decisions along with a rapidly changing economic climate makes it more important than ever before for young people to understand personal money management.
Exposing Every Student To STEM
Our challenge, our opportunity is to help every student discover how STEM skills can be the foundation for success throughout their life no matter the pathway.
Next-Gen Virtual PLCs for the Global Educator
By: Kimberly Mitchell. Harnessing the energy of creative teachers worldwide in virtual PLCs is a game changer for how we all learn in next-gen professional development.
Increasing Achievement and Saving Time by Selecting the Right Assessment and Instruction Tools
By: District Administration Custom Publishing. How a district in Ohio used adaptive technology and instruction tools to eliminate excess testing by assessing students strategically, thus creating actionable data and performance measures.
Why We Should Worry Less About the Achievement Gap
We need to revolutionize math perceptions if we want to close the experience gap and eliminate its most evident symptom: the achievement gap.
Organized Parents Can Transform Education- Indeed, It Won’t Happen Without Them
By: Jose Arenas. This blog cuts to the core about what parent advocacy and activism can look like in schools. If you want to move beyond the PTA and get political, Jose has inspiration and information for how parents can transform our schools.
Why San Francisco’s Blended, Early Literacy Program is Working
By: Rachel Norris. Big changes are taking place in San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). The district spent the past year implementing a blended, early literacy program that engages the community, including low-income students.
Emergence and the Future of Schools: Preparing for Data-Driven Systems
By: Kristin Garn. Our era of emergence has entered a new phase in the past few years which could prove to be more revolutionary than before. the most adaptive complex systems are those which will become smarter over time. However, it will always remain up to us to decide what truly constitutes “smarter.”
Empowering Global Educators Through Digital Badges
By: Julie Keane & Chelsea Waite. Digital badges and micro-credentials connect and empower educators. This article discusses both the benefits of badging and micro-credentialing as well as what is next in the field for global educators.
Removing Barriers: How Online School Provides Families Options and Students a Unique Experience
By: Sara Baker. The beauty of the online school is its ability to remove logistical barriers, such as time and distance, and allow families the opportunity to make an individual choice for what works best for their family, for their student, and in their lives.