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Personalized Learning
Innovate or Die
CRPE is working hard to facilitate that work by conducting research on district’s efforts to become innovation friendly. We are offering districts support based on what we learn, and evaluating the outcomes.
Leadership
Rocketship’s Preston Smith on Investing in the Art of Teaching
Like with art, you can color in the lines and copy pictures, or you can learn the foundational techniques you need to create your own masterpieces. At Rocketship, we’re investing in our teachers and school leaders so that they can continue to grow into the master artists that our Rocketeers deserve.
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How Schools Boost Student Performance through Architectural Design
The shift from concrete and brick to wood and glass, from overhead lights to natural lighting, from carpeted floors to hardwood, and from enclosed, square rooms to open spaces with curves isn’t just a matter of aesthetics. It’s about creating a better educational environment.
Ed Policy
Boot Camp Parents Shape Up to Impact Ed Policy
Seventy-five such parents joined PublicSchoolOptions.org’s 2013 Annual Parent Advocacy Boot Camp, where they explored the national education debate and learned how to impact reform in their own states.
Leadership
Transforming Results for Kids, Our Nation’s Most Important Human Capital
Education Pioneers’ nationwide network of 2,000+ talented leaders grew by more than 25% when we joined forces with TBC and SDP through Activate ED.
EdTech
The Top Ten Challenges of Implementing New Technology
Most schools have new programs and initiatives every year, but don’t lose sight of your existing goals. If you had a successful first year, plan to expand and improve in year two.
EdTech
Top Ten Ways to Save Money on Ed Tech
What is the product being hired to do? This question, asked by Harvard professor Clay Christensen, should guide many of your internal conversations and serve as a focal point in the buying process.
Personalized Learning
Alumni Engagement | The Next Innovation
We realized the College Summit alumni were the missing piece to complete the peer-to-peer experience and make a huge impact with our current high school students.
Personalized Learning
Innovation Happens at the School House
Creating good governance and culture can’t just fall on the principal. A school needs governance to innovate. The Governance Councils can connect with the school’s community and offer support and insight.”
EdTech
Fun New Apps for Learning From edshelf
From enabling memorization through multimedia to practicing social skills via simulated situations, here are six notable tools that were added to edshelf in the past week by educators such as yourselves.