Posts by Tom Vander Ark
There’s an App for That: 5 Expectations of Mobile Learners
Improved broadband, inexpensive devices, mobile gaming, and ubiquitous computing are creating new learning opportunities and pushing learner expectations.
Millennials are Tolerant, Educated, Enterprising, and Hyphenated
The unique identity of GenDIY and Millennials -- Their history, realities, and future.
New Staffing Structures Piloted in Nashville Schools
Public Impact has been leading the effort to identify and now test strategies to extend the impact of great teachers and improve working conditions and learning opportunities for all educators. 'Opportunity Culture' is being deployed by a group of districts including Nashville Public Schools.
Code Schools: New Route to Great Jobs
Code schools are an affordable option for Millennials seeking a great first job or Baby Boomers retooling for a new career. Flatiron, General Assembly and Bloc are three examples with strong placements.
Global Employment Markets Reward Competence & Initiative
The global economy is expanding opportunity for billions but participation demands competence and initiative. Online learning--both formal and informal-- is expanding access to knowledge and skill building.
5 Options Allow GenDIY to Rethink College
Finish high school, go to college, graduate four or five years later and go to work--only it doesn’t work that way very often for Millennials. The GenDIY hack on higher education is a series of solutions that boosts affordability, flexibility, and employability.
Transform Middle Grade Education–Apply to Summit Basecamp
The is the most important work being done in secondary education today--and you could be part of it.
Next Gen Higher Ed: Blended, Personalized & Competency-based
New highered options are bringing fast, flexible solutions for adults balancing work and family obligations just in time as young adult unemployment remains high, but thoughts of going back to school to finish up a degree still daunting.
The Future of Assessment
New report by Sir Michael Barber and Dr. Peter Hill outlines six key features of the education revolution and shares how we are on the brink of an assessment renaissance that will help secure high standards for all.
Good Schools Start with GreatBoards
New program to give charter school boards across the country access to the best-practice tools and templates they need to govern effectively.