Posts by Getting Smart Staff
What If?: September Recap
Here is our recap of What If questions from September 2021.
Town Hall Recap: Learning Goals that Matter: Bringing to Life a Shared Vision For Your Graduates & Community
At the recent Getting Smart Town Hall we covered learning goals, design principles and shared vision statements.
In Memory of Dr. Roger Weissberg (Podcast Repost)
Remembering Dr. Roger Weissberg chief knowledge officer of The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and SEL expert through a podcast conversation from 2016.
Cool New Schools
The Getting Smart team explores nine cool new schools that launched this fall which build on place-based opportunities and accelerating real world learning.
What If: August Recap
We've been asking "What if...?" questions about the future learning. Find out what our community is thinking about!
Recap: A Fireside Chat About Returning to School With a Whole-Child Approach
Getting Smart and Turnaround for Children chat with two district leaders to hear how they’re planning to return to school with an equity-focused whole child approach. Science of learning expert, Dr. Pamela Cantor, also shares design principles and other considerations when designing for the whole child.
Getting Smart Town Hall Recap: Let’s Talk About C.B.E.: Competency-Based Everything
On the most recent Getting Smart Town Hall, Let’s Talk about C.B.E.: Competency-Based Everything, we brought in a few of our friends to serve as guests and lend their valuable expertise to the audience’s wonderings about competency-based education (CBE). We were joined by Claudette Trujillo of Westminster Public Schools, Laura…
What If?: July Recap
This is a monthly recap of some of our favorite questions and engagements from July's What If questions.
One Stone Students Serve Up the Glass Half Full
One Stone hosted their annual fundraiser One Half Event virtually and saw great success. Here is a recap.
“Height, Light and Exposed Structure”–Places That Display and Celebrate Learning
What better way to ensure learners feel empowered and heard than commemorating their student work in a thoughtful way where everyone can enjoy? We walk through learning spaces to explore how student pieces are celebrated.