Posts by Getting Smart Staff
Network Effect
101 Top School and Charter Networks
School networks are one of the most important innovations in the modern era of U.S. K-12 education. This list recognizes 101 great school networks that have achieved scaled impact to improve education for millions of children.
Personalized Learning
5 Resources for National Summer Learning Day
How are you celebrating National Summer Learning Day? Here are 5 resources to help get you started and keep you learning.
Competency-Based Education
35 Competency-Based Education Advocacy & Research Organizations
The organizations discussed in this post are interesting and forward-leaning groups moving the needle forward in terms of our collective understanding of what competency education is, and what it could be.
EdTech
33 Quality Learning Platforms
Platforms can help educators accomplish a variety of challenging tasks, such as powering personal learning plans, managing assignments, supporting the development of standards-aligned projects, and more. Today we’re recognizing 33 platforms with widespread use and/or distinctive features.
Competency-Based Education
40 Competency-Based Education Publications and Resources
We've been hard at work researching the landscape of competency-based education (CBE). The resources highlighted in this post contain valuable, thought-provoking ideas that are helpful in understanding what CBE is, how to communicate about it, and how to plan for it.
Competency-Based Education
18 Examples of State Policies that Support Competency-Based Programs
In this post, we look at examples of state policies grouped by their features of flexibility from time-based systems, competency-based diplomas, acceptance of competency-based diplomas and credits by higher education, flexible learning, state assessments, and innovation pilots.
Competency-Based Education
10 Corporate and Higher Education Examples of Competency-Based Programs
The initiatives highlighted in this post are interesting and forward-leaning examples of ways that employers and higher education providers are designing competency-based programs.
Competency-Based Education
Helpful Tools for Providing Effective Competency-Based Education
These tools represent a sampling of some of the best CBE-capable edtech in the areas of learning platforms/learning management systems, curriculum resources, assessment/reporting, and platforms that fall outside of these categories.
Competency-Based Education
On Becoming Student-Centered and Mastery-Based
In this episode of the Getting Smart podcast, Tom chats with Dr. Susan Bell about Windsor Locks Public Schools and their move to mastery-based learning.
Leadership
Give Greatness: Recognizing Teachers Who Inspire Us
Teachers are more than just educators. They are our coaches, our confidants, our counselors and so much more. They shape us in ways we never thought possible. It’s time to give back and say thank you to the teachers who made the biggest impact on our lives.