Posts by Tom Vander Ark
Show What You Know: The Shift to Competency
Competency-based school models have the potential to better prepare young people for the innovation economy. But what is competency-based? How do we get there? What are the risks?
How IMS is Leading on Interoperability and Credentialing
Plumbing--you don’t think about it, but can’t imagine life without it. In education, data is now the plumbing, and IMS Global Learning Consortium is the leading standards-setting body. Here, we look at some big announcements from a recent event they hosted.
Equity and Innovation at NewSchools Summit
With a call to leverage diversity for innovations in learning, Stacey Childress opened the 2018 NewSchools Summit (#NSVFsummit) in San Francisco. The national nonprofit catalyzes new schools, encourages better EdTech tools and develops diverse EdLeaders. Tom shares highlights from the summit and more.
Get Kids in the Community and Change the World
It has become apparent that basic literacies are no longer enough. Students must find ways to apply, own, and direct how literacy and problem-solving skills are used. A look at place-based education and how it's doing just that while also building capacity for citizenship.
Venture University: A Trade School for the Innovation Economy
A look at Venture University, a new MBA alternative, that lets students learn venture investing on the job and even earn back their tuition.
Rethinking the High School Credential
Most American youth don’t get what they need from high school. There are lots of reasons, but two root problems are how we’ve defined the finish line and how we communicate success. Here, we look at the current high school credentialing system and the questions we think need to be answered to drive progress.
Investing in a More Inclusive Tech Sector
The tech industry is deluding itself if it thinks it can make the world a better place without representing women equally. Here’s how three women are changing tech venture capital funding to be more inclusive and bring more women to the table.
Building the Cognitive Muscles to Thrive in the Automation Age
The Information Age was a four decade long global sprint to incorporate information technology; the World Economic Forum calls it the Third Industrial Revolution. It changed how we live, work, play, and, just in the last few years, how we learn.
Author Todd Rose: Learning is Personal, So is Success
A look into the work of Todd Rose, his upcoming book, "Dark Horse," and why learning and success must be and are so personal.
Coaching Yields Better Formative Assessment in Tulsa
Formative assessment coaching helps teachers to shift their thinking from the teacher role to the student role within the classroom so that students become more involved in, and responsible for, learning. Here, we explore this (and other benefits) in greater detail.