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Reinventing A Secondary Program From The Ground Up
By: Melissa Strong. For those educators who ponder “What if I were to teach this concept, this unit, or this subject completely differently?” Melissa shares her story and strategy of reinventing the foreign language program at Harvard-Westlake School in LA.
ASU+GSV Summit: What It Meant For Educators
By: Rebekah Kim. It’s the on the ground experience, understanding of how students learn, and relevancy to what is actually happening in classrooms that puts educators and EdLeaders at the center of the ASU+GSV Summit.
PB”What the hel”L?
By: Riley Johnson. Why PBL is a process, provides a framework to participate in what students are asked to do, and how it can take student voice and choice to new levels.
DLN Report Card Preview: Seeding Innovation in Ohio
By: Erin Lockett. The Digital Learning Report Card examines each state’s progress in implementing policies that give students access to quality digital learning. Today we're highlighting progress and sharing success stories from Ohio.
Whose Role Is It Anyway?
By: Shawn Rubin. Systemic changes to teaching and learning will not be realized unless district leaders redefine their roles in this work. This is the guiding message in a blog and a white paper from The Highlander Institute that investigates the role of district staff in creating personalized and blended learning classrooms.
The Power of Parenting with Social and Emotional Learning
By: Jennifer Miller. As part of our Smart Parents series, Jennifer shares personal stories about her son and provides information about ensuring children develop social and emotional learning skills. Recommendations include strategies for building social and emotional learning at home, advocating for children at school, and partnering with schools.
GenDIY Profile: Mikaila Akeredolu
By: Mikaila Akeredolu. From selling the first generation of iPhones to developing iOS apps, a GenDIY story of skilling up, following a passion, and seizing opportunity.
I Am “That” Parent
By: Karen Copeland. In this article, Karen Copeland talks about the challenges she has experienced in supporting her son through his educational journey. She writes that she is "that" parent who is doing whatever she can to help navigate systems to ensure her son has access to high quality learning experiences.
Vanessa’s Journey: Empowering Special Education Through Technology
By: Karla Phillips. Karla provides context around how technology aids learning especially for students in special education. She advocates for greater use of technology based on personal experiences with her own daughter.
One Student, Five Lessons on Leadership
By: Javier Guzman. Javier, a former principal and regional director at Big Picture Learning, takes a student-centered approach to leadership and writes about the lessons learned for leading in Deeper Learning environments.