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Difference Making

Buck The Quo: The Tough Stuff

Dec 26, 2015

Buck the Quo campaign, from The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation. We are featuring the campaign as part of the GenDIY series. Buck the Quo includes a YouTube series where real people talk about real life after high school.

Personalized Learning

K12 will be Launching Destinations Career Academies

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 22, 2015

High youth unemployment, poor post-secondary graduation rates, and a major skills gap for middle market jobs in the US has led K12 to launch the Destinations Career Academies in the fall of 2016.

EdTech

EdTech 10: A Come Up From the Nation’s Capital

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 16, 2015

This week's EdTech news features BIG news from Washington D.C. with the reauthorization of ESEA, and the release of the National Education Technology Plan that is emphasizing technology as a vehicle “to transform learning experiences with the goal of providing greater equity and accessibility.”

Ed Policy

New K-12 Federal Education Bill Signed into Law: ESEA Is Reauthorized

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 11, 2015

President Obama signed into law a bill that reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) replaces No Child Left Behind and holds significant implications for the field of K-12 education.

EdTech

Noodle Markets is Bridging EdTech Purchasing Information Gap

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 11, 2015

The Noodle Companies is announcing the launch of Noodle Markets, an online marketplace designed to “dramatically transform the way K-12 educational institutions buy products and services, level the playing field for vendors, improve processes, and spur innovation.”

EdTech

EdTech 10: What You’re Missing During the Hour of Code

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 9, 2015

Students, teachers and EdLeaders are hard at work this week celebrating Computer Science Education Week and the Hour of Code. Here are the EdTech news stories to know as the rest of the field is wrapped up in the STEM celebration.

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School Hacks As Professional Learning: Transforming Schools, One Leader at a Time

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 8, 2015

School Retool is a new transformational professional development cohort that is making its way to regions around the country. School Retool is a partnership between the design firm IDEO, the Stanford d.School and the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Leadership

Getting Smart on Transformative Professional Development

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 3, 2015

Preparing new professional development models needs to start right away. It is possible to transform professional development and to scale. We can turn the vision of transformative professional development into a reality.

Ed Policy

EdTech 10: Change is the Only Constant

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 2, 2015

We’re reminded by this week’s EdTech news that when it comes to improving conditions for students and teachers, changes and progress in EdTech will happen constantly.

EdTech

Practi Promotes Math Practice, Supports Deep Analytics

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 1, 2015

Practi combines a flexible content authoring tool for teachers/publishers with a gamified practice app for students and a robust analytics engine that captures learner practice behavior to enhance and inform further development of both content and practice.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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