Posts by Tom Vander Ark
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National CAPS Network Promotes Real World Learning
Tom Vander Ark shares the real world learning happening at CAPS during a recent school visit.
ASU Prep: Experiencing College Success in High School
ASU Prep is churning out a number of outstanding schools, student projects and ideas. Tom Vander Ark highlights a few recent innovations.
Can We Ditch AP for More Engaging Courses?
Tom Vander Ark shares six tips for education leaders who are thinking about how many AP classes to offer and what alternatives to consider.
Turning Points: New Mental Models, New Learning Models
Tom Vander Ark explores six turning points that paradoxically signal crisis and opportunity for youth to make a difference.
Students Co-authoring Their Own Learning
By inviting learners to co-author learning experiences, journeys and records, we help them build the most important skills and dispositions they’ll need to succeed in a changing world.
A Podpourri of Learning Options: Pods, Hubs, and Microschools in the Wake of the Pandemic
Tom Vander Ark highlights the Pandemic Pods and the Future of Education report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE).
The State of Global Entrepreneurship: With Great Disruption Comes Great Opportunity
It’s time for every young person to have access to entrepreneurship education. Tom Vander Ark explores how the GEM survey shows that these programs are the exception not the rule.
Five Building Blocks in the New Architecture of High Schools
Tom explores how innovative schools intentionally use five learner experience systems to develop and demonstrate competencies.
How Real World Learning Is Equipping Solutionaries In Kansas City
Tom highlights how a Kansas City school is equipping learners with real world learning.