Posts by Tom Vander Ark

Personalized Learning

Investing in Tech to Turn the Tides in Wheatland

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 22, 2013

Jason Tadlock helped turned around a tough situation in a small K-8 district outside Milwaukee by investing in technology and teachers.

Personalized Learning

Career Path High: Career & College Ready Flex

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 21, 2013

Career Path High is an interesting applied extension of Utah's Early College High School Initiative and may help create a new tradition of blending high school and college, blending online and onsite learning, and blending school and work-based learning.

Leadership

Q&A With Broad Superintendents Academy On Learning & Leadership

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 20, 2013

Broad Superintendents Academy Managing Director Christina Heitz conducted a video interview with Tom prior to his visit and the following is a summary interview.

Leadership

Giving Students a Voice

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 19, 2013

Zak Malamed is convinced that the “idea of student voice, as individual and organizational level, needs to be promoted” and as a student himself, he is working to make it happen.

Leadership

10 Ways Smart Cities Develop & Support Teachers

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 18, 2013

10 strategies are outlined that cities are using to make teaching more attractive and to better support teachers and expand their opportunity set.

Leadership

How I Learn

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 17, 2013

The way we learn has changed from 30 years ago with the use of technology and resources at our fingertips. Tom outlines several new ways he and others are learning today.

Leadership

Good Work: Inhabited By a Question

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 15, 2013

For 35 years, Roger Weissberg has been inhabited by a question: How do schools, parents, and communities come together to promote positive behavioral outcomes in young people? CASEL launched the Collaborating Districts Initiative aimed at supporting district-wide SEL efforts in Anchorage, Austin, Chicago, Cleveland, Nashville, Oakland, Reno, and Sacramento. Each district is improving SEL leadership, strengthen instruction, and building a culture connections and continuous improvement.

Personalized Learning

Expeditionary Learning Launches Its First NYC Charter

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 15, 2013

A visit to Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School in Brooklyn sheds light on deeper learning. Habits of Heart & Mind guide expeditions which culminate in Presentations of Learning.

Personalized Learning

Let the Learning Commence

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 14, 2013

Tom shares his commencement speech that he gave to the students of the International Connections Academy, the second generation of graduates from online high schools.

EdTech

Summit Denali: Engaging Student-Centered High School Model

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 14, 2013

Innovative school network Summit Public Schools CEO Diane Tavenner and Chief Growth and Innovation Office Diego Arambula shared their plan to launch their student centered learning management system in their new Bay Area high school Summit Denali.

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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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