Leadership
Content that enables educators, edleaders, organizations and families to increase capacity, apply a growth mindset and implement what’s next in learning on behalf of those entrusted to them.
Smart List: Connecting & Supporting Entrepreneurs
Throughout October, we've been highlighting people, organizations and companies that we appreciate doing innovative work for our 3rd Annual Smart Lists. Today we’re recognizing organizations connecting and supporting entrepreneurs.
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.
23 Questions that Cultivate Deeper Learning Mindsets
How can educators model deeper learning mindsets they seek to cultivate in students? Taking the time to reflect on their own learning, modeling growth mindset and lifelong learning, and genuinely involving students in problem solving, to name a few. Ponder these 23 questions in your next professional learning session and model deeper learning in your classroom, school, or organization everyday.
2020 Vision: A History of the Future
Written in past tense, 2020 Vision: A History of the Future is 440 pages of time travel into a best case scenario of how the next five years could be transformational for global learning. Organized around 10 signpost developments, each of the well designed chapters includes a problem statement and a list of solutions, profiles of GSV investees and sector leaders.
Shared Commitment to Education Opportunity at EIE15
There was a call for a new approach to education reform--that acknowledges a shared commitment to education opportunity across party lines and ideologies--that was palpable among the participants in three days of activities at ExcelinEd’s 2015 Summit on Education Reform.
Assessment for Learning Project
With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the National Center for Innovation in Education and NGLC are launching a $2 million grant program that will support pilot programs focusing on personalized learning.
Smart List: 28 Teacher & Leader Developers, 10 School Improvement Capacities
In this Smart List we are recognize 12 human capital builders, 15 leadership developers, and 10 school improvement providers, including Public Allies, Matchbook Learning and Yet Analytics.
Boosting College and Career Readiness through Course Access
Course Access is an exciting policy approach that is boosting College and Career Readiness.
Smart List: Homework Help & Parent Organizing
Today's Smart List is for all the Smart Parents out there. Today we are recognizing sources for homework help and organizations informing and organizing parents.
Transformative Professional Learning: Getting Better is Getting Easier
By: Irvin Scott. Widespread adoption and integration of new, teacher-powered approaches to professional development has real promise to end the practice of siloing teaching innovation and improve teaching everywhere in ways we didn’t dream about before.