Difference Making
Our challenges and opportunities are shared and it’s never been easier, or more important to make a difference.
From hundreds of school visits and thousands of conversations with students, parents, preachers, policy-makers and the like — making a difference has emerged as the most important way for us to transform learning experiences for young people and build a better future for all. We look forward to continuing to share these experiences with you through our blog and an upcoming book.
Combining Working and Learning to Pursue Passions, Skills and Productivity
By: Parminder K. Jassal. Groups like ACT Foundation, Business Roundtable and the National Network are working to help people navigate the landscape of work and learn opportunities through developing online tools, blueprints and models. The goal is to make the work and learn connection more commonplace as a key driver of economic competitiveness, career success and life satisfaction.
5 HigherEd Learning Trends About to Reshape the Workplace
By: Lenny DeFranco & Getting Smart Staff. Today's college students will soon be tomorrow's business leaders and the ways they're learning will carry over to the workplaces where they're headed. These learning rends are changing the learning experience for postsecondary students, and will subsequently influence the culture and systems of workplaces in the near future.
Culminating Passions: Student Leadership for School-Wide Change
By Molly Irvin: How one student turned her passion for psychology into a school-wide, week long event to help diminish social stigma around mental illness.
The Role of Student Voice, Passion and Communication in Reimagining Education Policy
By: Eli Neal. The 24 Hour Think Challenge, sponsored by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation, is the first step in a long journey of changing Idaho’s education system. The Think Challenge initiates conversation with student voice, but there is an extended obligation to continue the dialogue.
Flipping the College Decision-Making Paradigm
By: Dr. Diane Hollems. Students at more than 100 schools throughout the nation are flipping the college decision-making paradigm through the Get Focused…Stay Focused! (GFSF) Initiative.
Getting Smart Podcast | GenDIY: Emerging Options for Students Navigating Life
We unpack the realization that many students don’t know what they want to do, and don't know how to figure out what’s available with emerging strategies, platforms and supports that are available for students navigating heavy decisions.
Roadmap: The Get-It-Together Guide for Figuring Out What to Do with Your Life
Roadmap: The Get-It-Together Guide for Figuring Out What to Do with Your Life from Roadtrip Nation is asks readers to ask themselves, “so what have you begun to imagine yourself doing? Have you let yourself believe that what you dream isn’t just possible, but inevitable?”
Design Thinking for Student Ownership of Learning
By: Sara Matlock. The 24 Hour Think Challenge, organized by a student led non-profit in Idaho called One Stone, brought together 150 high school juniors from across southwest Idaho to tackle issues facing education in the 21st Century.
America: Abandon Your Reverence for the Bachelor’s Degree
By: Mary Alice McCarthy. The stories of how two nephews navigated heavy HigherEd decisions, and how the postsecondary landscape is changing by innovations like the Bachelor's of applied science options.
How Will Machine Learning Impact Your Life?
Machine learning is supporting the development of new tools. So what does this mean for millennials and their careers? "Familiarize yourself with all the things that computers do in your line of work, so that you can become a close collaborator with them,” says Tom Davenport.