Competency-Based Education
What The Learning Sciences Tell us about Competency Education
By Bror Saxberg - With automated tools and instructional support, there’s never been a better time to be a “learning engineer.” Here's what data and science have to say about Competency-Based Education.
STEM & Maker
Technical Computing Software in High School Math
Technical computing software can be a great platform for integrating computer science and computational thinking into a math classroom.
SEL & Mindset
It’s a New Year. Welcome Back!
It’s official: it’s 2018. After a long year, and a short holiday break to send it off, we’re nonetheless excited to begin another year of working to improve access to high-quality learning experiences for students everywhere.
EdTech
6 Emerging Technologies Supporting Personalized Learning
By: Meredith Allen. If we know what successful personalized learning looks like in schools and we understand the urgency of providing these opportunities to our learners, we need to start the engine.
EdTech
12 Digital Tools to Try in the Classroom
Rachelle Dene Poth had her own list of the tools that she found made a big difference in her classroom but decided to ask her students for their input. Here are the top 12 tools she and her students thought made the biggest difference.
Equity & Access
Success in Rural, High-Poverty Public High Schools: Path to Equity?
By: Lydia Dobyns. Despite decades of failing to provide effective and compelling education to some of South Carolina’s most under-served high poverty rural communities, a partnership that started six years ago serves as a beacon of hope.
EdTech
NY EdTech Week Highlights Big Apple Startups and Bold Ideas
More than 1000 people gathered in NYC to talk personalized learning, gamification, and the future of HigherEd at NYC EdTech Week. Highlights included deep dive in blockchain, think tanks and a Gallery of Innovation featuring 40 EdTech companies.
Personalized Learning
Practical Ways to bring SEL into the Classroom
Toward the end of the past school year, I noticed some changes in student behavior. There was a decrease in student engagement, and especially while I responded to the question of a student seated close to me, students around the room became distracted or stopped listening.
Competency-Based Education
Model Schools, Districts, Networks and States for Competency-Based Education
We’ve been looking into what schools, districts and networks are doing to achieve effective CBE, and we have assembled this initial list of positive examples.
Future of Learning
See the Path to Change: How Vision-Setting and Change Management Practices Support Effective School Transformation
By: Stephen Pham. As part of their strategy to capture and share strategies around Blended and Personalized Learning at Work, The Learning Accelerator dove deeply into practices and stories of transformation, uncovering a few consistent strategies that have enabled ongoing success.