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.
Awarding and Supporting Teacher Community Focused on Student-Centered Entrepreneurship
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is taking support for entrepreneurialism in education to the next-level. Don’t get me wrong. There’s no shortage of support for entrepreneurialism in education. USASBE’s Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education award focuses on HigherEd,…
EdTech 10: When Working Together Works
This week's EdTech news revolved around working together to get things done with new leadership opportunities, support for strategies and models, insights into trends and perspectives, and advances in platform integration,
Infographic | 7 Key Competencies for Whole System Change
In 'Leadership: Key Competencies for Whole-System Change' published by Solution Tree, Getting Smart Advocacy Partner, authors Lyle Kirtman and Michael Fullan identify seven key competencies for leaders to create and sustain systemic change.
Not Your Cupcake Sale: Parental Involvement that Drives Learning
By: Arina Bokas. What type of involvement really affects learning? Here's a look at the state of parent involvement spawned from recent story of Dee Heinz – a Texas mom who came up with a humorous flyer asking families to donate money in lieu of time-consuming fundraisers.
It’s Time for Accountability Reform
With new accountability, teachers have the space to teach the student, not just the content. And when a student is known and understood and empathized with, teaching for student ownership increases test scores as a side effect.
Boosting Access to the Benefits of Blended Learning
A vague Pennsylvania law is being interpreted to restrict blended learning for cyber schools. This is leaving cyber charter schools with little flexibility to create blended learning environments that combine the advantages of face-to-face instruction with the best of online learning.
4 Characteristics of Transformative Professional Development
By: Alvin Crawford. Let’s explore the more formal way of teacher training and call it Strategic Professional Development with common characteristics: Focused, collegial learning, intensive, sustained and continuous, analysis and optimization.
A Next-Gen School for Every Child
By: Sarah Luchs. At NGLC, we view technology as a valuable tool to support personalized learning at scale. Our motto is: lead with the learning. Because, in a next-gen learning ecosystem, every person, from child to adult, is a learner. We can have a next-gen school for every child.
When I Grow Up: Helping Young Adults Explore Careers Collaboratively
By: Louie Montoya. Using human-centered research to understand the challenges and opportunities facing youth ages 13-21, BIF developed a reality show series called “When I Grow Up: (WIGU), which follows several young adults who each get a chance to try out their dream jobs for a day.
Smart Review | The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?
In the fall of 2010, Mark Zuckerberg dropped himself smack in the middle of that debate. Appearing on the Oprah show with New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie and Newark’s Democratic Mayor Cory Booker, he announced a 100 million dollar ‘challenge grant’ for Newark. Did it work? That's the focus of Russakoff's new book.