Analyzing Data: Helping Students Build Digital Literacy Skills
Becoming data literate helps students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, better communicate ideas, and be equipped with the 21st-century skills they need now and for the future. Rachelle Dené Poth explores data literacy and the resources available through SAS.
Microschools: Change on the Fringe or Reshaping the Ecosystem?
Anne Olderog explores the concept of microschools and why they have the power to ultimately influence and reshape the education system.
Humanity: The Antidote
As we look to transform the future of education, developing relationships must be in the crosshairs. Matt Piercy explores the need for forging the human connection approach to education.
Living in Beta: One Stone’s Pilot Results Are In
Great pilots are learning experiences and the active data collection informs the next iteration of a program. Learn about the positive results that emerged at all levels from Living in Beta this past spring.
Uneven Vaccination Rates Are Creating Two Americas: Schools Can Help Advance Vaccine Equity.
Uneven vaccination rates are creating two Americas and heightening education inequities. Here's how schools can help advance vaccine equity.
Students as Coauthors of Learning: A Resources Guide
By inviting learners to coauthor experiences we help them build the most important skills and dispositions they’ll need to succeed in a changing world. Tom shares coauthoring resources for project-based learning, teacher tools and competencies, a list of systems that are best in class.
Getting Smart Town Hall Recap: Let’s Talk About C.B.E.: Competency-Based Everything
On the most recent Getting Smart Town Hall, Let’s Talk about C.B.E.: Competency-Based Everything, we brought in a few of our friends to serve as guests and lend their valuable expertise to the audience’s wonderings about competency-based education (CBE). We were joined by Claudette Trujillo of Westminster Public Schools, Laura…
California Revamping Math Frameworks: The Need For Data Science, Equity and Deeper Learning
California is preparing new frameworks in math that include a shift towards data science, as well as increased equity and opportunities for deeper, applied learning.
Making Kindness Common: How to Raise Kind Kids
If we want to raise children who are kind, we must first model what kindness looks like. Here's how to make kindness common.
Minerva University: Personalized, Global, Affordable and Now Independent
Minerva University offers the world’s smartest young people a reconceptualization of the ends and means of higher education at an affordable price.