Innov8: The Future of Learning
This coming Saturday, April 22, is National Earth Day--a day to celebrate the world while also thinking of ways to improve it. Today’s eight stories celebrate the many ways education leaders are working to improve education for today’s students, as well as for future generations.
Competitive, Coherent, Creative: The 21st Century School District
It’s time for district leaders to create clarity and coherence by making crystal clear how things are supposed to work. To accomplish that, it’s a good time to reexamine why school districts exist, how they work and what value they add.
New Tech Network Powers A Common Learning Model & Unique Missions
New Tech Network powers a wide range of schools, but just because they share a learning model and platform doesn't mean they're all the same--they are urban and rural, STEM-focused and arts-focused, magnet schools and dropout recovery schools. Learn more here.
Initiative Aims to Catalyze the Personalized Learning Field
New Profit, a non-profit venture philanthropy organization, recently announced the launch of a Personalized Learning Initiative supported by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Read more here.
Rethinking Middle School with Design Thinking at Vista Innovation & Design Academy
VIDA is a 6-8 Magnet school in the Vista Unified School District that is proving that high-quality teaching & learning centered around design-thinking can happen anywhere if you have collaboration, community and committed leadership. Read more here.
Smart Review | Heart! Fully Forming Your Professional Life as a Teacher and Leader
As a teacher who considers relationships the center of what I do, I was impressed by Timothy Kanold's interesting take on ensuring that your impact on others' lives is a positive one. Here, I share my other impressions of his latest book.
Teachers Taking Leadership to Drive Positive Change
By: Carly Croman & Priscilla Fischback. Sometimes our assumptions limit what we imagine is possible, which in turn limits growth and potential. Here, we look at some ways that teachers can overcome their limiting beliefs and provide new opportunities to their students.
Plugging into the New, 21st-Century Vision of Learning
By: Paula Dillon. It’s important to promote collaboration across schools, districts, and even states in order to disseminate promising practices and strategies that can help overcome the obstacles to 21st-century learning. Here's how to start.
Project-Based Pittsburgh: Thinking Beyond Schools to Remake Learning
By: Gregg Behr. As educators, advocates and funders, we must think beyond our bubbles to prepare all children for a project-based future. In Pittsburgh, we’re fortunate to have several leaders doing just that.
Curing a National Epidemic with Physical Literacy and SEL
By: Steve Boyle. We need to make a major change when it comes to improving the overall health of our children, and the answer lies in a physical literacy and social-emotional learning movement addressing the whole child.