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What Students Are Looking For In a College
Two reports paint a snapshot of what students are doing and thinking as they’re working through the lengthy process of choosing the right college.
Leadership
Why Teachers Need, Deserve Instructional Leaders
By: Preston Smith. Most importantly, what that means is that our school leaders spend 70%-80% of their time. Our school leaders collaborate on coaching and spend anywhere between 20 minutes and an hour in each teacher’s classroom every week.
Leadership
Cross Pollinating Education Ideas in Milwaukee
At Schools That Can Milwaukee, we’ve assembled an unprecedented and growing cross-sector network of more than 185 talented leaders from 33 schools all over the city.
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It’s Never Too Late to Become a Connected Educator
By: Gayle Allen. Overwhelmed? Check! Afraid? Check! Empowered? Check! Read on to learn more.
Ed Policy
For Houston ISD, The Talent Pipeline Flows Both Ways
By Dr. Terry B. Grier. Houston is arguably the most culturally and socially diverse community ecosystem in the U.S., and public education plays a key role in whether it struggles or flourishes.
Personalized Learning
Is Technology Making it Difficult for College Students to Pay for Their Education?
By: James Walker. This program of applying, working, and living-on-the-cheap has helped students offset their costs for decades, but recent technological advancements may be disrupting how a student offsets their education costs.
EdTech
Partnership Development: What You Need to Know
By: Marissa Lowman and Eileen Rudden. Partnerships can help your startup grow, but require a lot of effort to obtain and nurture.
Leadership
Innovation Leadership
By: Lyle Kirtman. Can a leader in education be innovative, get results and stay alive in their job in today's public education world of compliance and accountability? Yes, but it takes courage, commitment and focus!
Personalized Learning
Creating Innovative Ecosystems
By: Alex Hernandez. When it comes to education innovation, all cities are not created equal.
Personalized Learning
Can The Blended Classroom Help Instill ‘Grit’?
And what’s more likely to put grit into students—trying, learning from mistakes, trying again, and succeeding, every day, or dreading the unit test lurking out there in the murky distance? Seems like the blended model is worth a try.