Thinking, Fast and Slow: How We Process and Respond to the World
Daniel Kahneman unpacks the research into human being’s processes and responses to the world by drawing a distinction between our automatic and involuntary response and controlled and reasoned decision making.
10 Things Your Professional Learning Partners Should Want to Tell You
Why your professional learning partners should model the posture of experimentation by both encouraging and supporting the desire to try new things, asking difficult questions, and pushing boundaries.
Changing the Mindset of Education: Every Learner is Unique
By: Arina Bokas & Rod Rock. As part of our Smart Parents series, the authors, a PTA President and a Superintendent, argue that we need schools that help encourage growth mindset and emphasize that all learners are unique.
Graduating Self-Directed Learners Ready to Thrive in College
Summit Public Schools create rich learning experiences that allows every student to realize his or her highest potential by focusing on four key elements of college and career readiness that empowers students to drive their learning and own their success.
8 Tips to Stop Micromanaging & Start Leading
Learning to manage well, and never micromanage will improve your team members’ job satisfaction, performance and attitude. The post features 8 tips to ensure successful management not micromanagement.
5 Teachable ‘Deflategate’ Moments: Connecting Football to STEM
From the Ideal Gas Law to the Coefficient of Restitution, we dive into the most teachable STEM moments from Deflategate as noted by players, coaches, and math enthusiasts.
EdTech 10: Leading the Way
As we celebrate the launch of Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning, we’re equally excited to share this week’s top news from leaders in EdTech. Here’s this week’s top 10 EdTech news stories.
The Case for Boundary Breaking Education
It’s the boundary spaces between sciences, countries, systems and people where conflict, innovation and education frequently happen.
10 Roles & 7 Recommendations for Leading Toward Deeper Learning
By: Tom Vander Ark & Karen Cator. If we want more students to experience powerful learning, school and district leaders need to benefit from the same blended, competency-based and deeper learning experiences that they seek to create for students.
Impact at Scale: Gates Foundation Celebrates 15 Years
In its 15 year, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest foundation remains excited about the pace of innovation, ending several diseases in Africa, sanitation and hygiene in India, and new payment systems for the world’s poor.