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Plugging into the New, 21st-Century Vision of Learning

Guest Author

Apr 16, 2017

By: Paula Dillon. It’s important to promote collaboration across schools, districts, and even states in order to disseminate promising practices and strategies that can help overcome the obstacles to 21st-century learning. Here's how to start.

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What’s The Next Big Idea? Microschool Networks

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 11, 2017

Microschools have been popping up around the country for the last decade with great success, so let's make it easier to launch these schools by creating supportive networks.

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Student-Centered Design Focused Learning at a Student-Led School

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 15, 2017

One Stone students and educators share their thoughts on what really sets this student-led and directed nonprofit high school apart and what they feel really worked for them this first year.

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What Do Students Really Think About Teaching and Learning?

Guest Author

Mar 14, 2017

By: Dr. Mary Ann Wolf. As part of our Personalized Learning Summit this year, we intentionally led with student and teacher voices in order to infuse our work with a focus on outcomes, not process.

EdTech

Innov8: #Changemakers

Getting Smart Staff

Mar 8, 2017

In honor of EdLeaders collaborating to set the bar higher at SXSWedu 2017, this week's stories share the latest on how changemakers everywhere are working hard to find new and innovative ways to improve education.

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Building Global Awareness Through Student Names

Guest Author

Mar 3, 2017

By: Dr. Yee Wan. Let's help today's students develop the global awareness skills they'll need for future success by teaching respect in schools around properly pronouncing students’ names.

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The Weird Marriage of Standards and Computers: 9 Lessons, 9 Postulates

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 2, 2017

The last two decades in education were shaped by an odd mix of both shifting from print to digital and shifting from local to federal control of K-12 education. So going forward, here are nine solution seeking postulates to address nine lessons we've learned.

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Infographic | Connecting Educators Globally

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 28, 2017

There’s an unmet global demand for access to high-quality education. Learn more from this infographic about next steps for connecting high-achieving school networks globally and ultimately improving student outcomes everywhere.

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Equity & Access

Making Technology Just and Equitable

Tom Vander Ark

Feb 25, 2017

The new tech divide is between those who can use new tools to create value in the innovation economy and those who don’t. Here are eight things EdLeaders and policymakers can do to help make technology more just and equitable.

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#AskAboutAI: Informing Educators, Parents and Policymakers About Life With Smart Machines

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 15, 2017

Artificial Intelligence will have more influence on the lives of young people over the next few decades than any other factor, so our #AskAboutAI campaign is investigating the implications smart machines will have on employment, learning and ethical issues.

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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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