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Preparing Today’s Students for Success Tomorrow Via Networks

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Aug 16, 2017

By: Gregg Behr. How can we possibly prepare today’s learners to thrive in an unknown future? Remake Learning shares how its members are addressing this challenge as well as seven things they've learned on their network building journey.

EdTech

20 Moonshots in Education

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 12, 2017

What big advances are possible in education in the next five or 10 years? Here are 20 moonshots, ranging from expected breakthroughs to speculative advances, that will change our lives.

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Staying Ahead of the Robots: What Grads Should Know and Be Able To Do

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 8, 2017

The automation economy is changing the employment landscape, making it a good time to reconsider the purpose and goals of public education. How do we prepare students for success in the future?

EdTech

Skip Coding, Teach Data Science

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 1, 2017

While there is high demand for coding skills today, artificial intelligence will increasingly take over routine coding jobs as it grows in sophistication. The longer term and larger employment and impact opportunities for today's students lie in data science.

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Work Worth Doing

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 31, 2017

As waves of novelty and complexity draw nearer, what should young people know and be able to do to be successful? The fundamental changes underway suggest these eight next steps to help young people shape work worth doing.

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Key To Prep: The Science of Teams

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 27, 2017

As managing projects and working in teams becomes a priority learning outcome in schools, it's important to understand several important group dynamics that can ensure a team is successful.

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Making The Case for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Catherine Wedgwood

Jul 26, 2017

A new publication released by NewSchools Venture Fund and several other prominent education funders shares the most comprehensive study on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the education sector ever completed.

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Getting Smart Podcast | Learning Anywhere, Anytime: Things Are About to Get Interesting

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 25, 2017

In this episode of the podcast, Katie King of KnowledgeWorks interviews Tom Vander Ark about EdReform, EdTech, EdLeaders and what learning will look like a decade from now.

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Parent-Teacher Communication in a Multilingual School District

Guest Author

Jul 24, 2017

By: Dr. Melanie Morgan. With the growth of ELL students in the classroom on a steady rise, today’s teachers need to be prepared to communicate with ELL students and their parents. Here are a few options I've found helpful in my own classroom.

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Personalized Learning is a Transformative Idea Without a Transformative Technology

Guest Author

Jul 17, 2017

By: Neerav Kingsland. Without a technological breakthrough, the current personalized learning efforts will (at best) lead to modest improvements in the execution of common place ideas.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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