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.
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Making The Most of Millennial Teacher Mindsets
By: Nick Friedman. Millennial teachers are returning to classrooms with the realities common to their generation, such as flexible learner-centered models.
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Free Community College? Choose Wisely
By: Lara K. Couturier. There's also been a wave of attention about the impact and value of community colleges. But note, the budget choices they make, the academic programs they design, the student supports they offer, and the cultures they nurture—can have a dramatic impact on students.
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Unprecedented Opportunities: Online Learning Explosion Empowers GenDIY
By: Michael B. Horn. GenDIY students who are motivated can piece together their educations from a variety of non-traditional and affordable sources.
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How I Worked to Discover My Passion and Start My Business
By: Daniel Kao. If you look for passion as if it were some external entity, you’ll never find it. Passion isn’t found and followed, it’s created, nurtured, and grown.
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RAMTEC: Robotics, A Path to Employment & Economic Development
Next gen STEM school in central Ohio with buy in from community members and international companies is graduating students that are more than ready for college and career.
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GenDIY Profile: The Justin Myrick
How a high school junior from Spartanburg, SC became "The Justin Myrick" the GenDIY student-performer.
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Millennials are Tolerant, Educated, Enterprising, and Hyphenated
The unique identity of GenDIY and Millennials -- Their history, realities, and future.
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Code Schools: New Route to Great Jobs
Code schools are an affordable option for Millennials seeking a great first job or Baby Boomers retooling for a new career. Flatiron, General Assembly and Bloc are three examples with strong placements.
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5 Options Allow GenDIY to Rethink College
Finish high school, go to college, graduate four or five years later and go to work--only it doesn’t work that way very often for Millennials. The GenDIY hack on higher education is a series of solutions that boosts affordability, flexibility, and employability.
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My Journey to GenDIY
My personal involvement in online and blended learning that followed a unique historical arc to GenDIY.