Posts by Getting Smart Staff
LRNG & John Legend Are Spreading Access to Quality Education
This month, LRNG Innovators and John Legend are rolling out a series of videos on teacher-led programs that creatively spark passion and excitement for learning in their students. Learn more here.
3 Quick Tips and 40+ Resources for Globalizing Your Learner Experiences
Our job as educators is to prepare the next generation of global citizens to consider and value a diversity of perspectives, communicate effectively and take action. Where to start?
Smart Review | The Flexible SEL Classroom
SEL is a tricky subject to look for help on. You’re likely to either get a 30,000 foot approach focused mainly on classroom culture, or a strategy for working on a niche aspect of SEL that isn’t a targeted growth area for your students and classroom. This book is different.
Exploring Accountability in K-12 Digital Education
Digital learning is rapidly growing and evolving. In this new policy brief we answer several pressing questions: What factors are influencing enrollment in digital learning? What is the current state of accountability for digital learning? How can we align school leader and policymaker expectations?
Celebrating Creativity in the Classroom
Our theme for November is "Celebrating Creativity." This month, we’re excited to share stories centered around creativity and would love to hear more from you about how you’re making space for creativity in the classroom.
Data Interoperability in K-12: A Teacher’s Perspective
By: Brett Emerson. In my district, we have inconsistency among the applications we use for intervention and monitoring student progress. Even now, parents still don’t know how their child scored on last year’s standardized tests. Data interoperability could help.
Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-Credentials Program
Digital skills are skyrocketing in demand. More than 8 in 10 middle-skill jobs (82%) require digital skills, and tech companies everywhere often have trouble finding suitable candidates. A new initiative of Digital Promise and Facebook is looking to change that.
Tom Vander Ark on Using Technology to Advance Student Learning
Our CEO Tom Vander Ark recently took an in-depth look at whether kids are getting too much screen time in school for our friends at Education Next. Learn more about what he had to say here.
Takeaways from the 2017 Blended and Personalized Learning Conference
The Blended and Personalized Learning Conference today released a report highlighting key strategies for refining and enriching innovative ways to practice student-centered teaching and learning at the district, school and classroom level.
10 National Safe Schools Week Resources
This week is National Safe Schools week. Here are 10 resources to help parents, educators and students to learn more about different safety concerns and how to address them in schools.