Posts by Getting Smart Staff
Innov8: Human-Centered Design
This week’s top news stories celebrate human-centered design with everything from a new collection of social-emotional learning resources to the launch of a cohort for teachers looking to transform education from the ground up.
Help Us Celebrate Super Teachers!
For this year's Teacher Appreciate Week (May 8-12), we’re excited to team up with Curriculum Associates to host a special sweepstakes. Learn more here and enter today!
Building Innovation Ecosystems to Reinvent School
By: Rosie Clayton. Last autumn, I had the chance to tour the United States to learn about the various ways in which new education innovation ecosystems were taking form. I recently published a report on the experience, the highlights of which I share in this post.
Innov8: Teacher Resources
We know that one thing teachers appreciate is a tool that makes their lives easier, so this week’s top eight news stories highlight new teacher resources that can help them save time or improve their practice.
Innov8: The Future of Learning
This coming Saturday, April 22, is National Earth Day--a day to celebrate the world while also thinking of ways to improve it. Today’s eight stories celebrate the many ways education leaders are working to improve education for today’s students, as well as for future generations.
SchoolSmartKC Supports Education Ecosystem Transformation in Kansas City
By: Emily Liebtag. SchoolSmartKC, a non-profit collaborative fund that seeks to improve the performance of schools in the Kansas City Public School system, recently announced that they will invest $563,000 to support low-income students. Learn more here.
Innov8: Library Love
In celebration of National Library Week and its 2017 theme “Libraries Transform,” here are eight innovative education resources also created to transform and support 21st-century learning.
Preparing to Lead in a Project-Based World
This publication shares how technology is exponentially changing the learning landscape, how the roles for education and community leaders are being redefined accordingly, and how individuals and groups can prepare to lead in this increasingly project-based world.
Learning Through Community Health Partnerships
By: Corinne Neil. What happens when a school invites teens to learn about Alzheimer's and dementia from world class researchers & physicians, then connects these young people with Alzheimer's & dementia patients and caregivers? Find out here.
Innov8: Looking Ahead
In light of our excitement for spring to fully arrive and our optimism for the upcoming month, this week's top 8 education news stories are all about looking ahead.