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.
Support for Better Schools, Smarter Strategies & Stronger Advocacy
From facilitating the development of an urban school district strategic plan, to advising a major philanthropist on impact investing, first quarter Getting Smart projects focused on better schools, smarter strategies, and more powerful advocacy.
How to Become a Mission-Driven Organization
Want to reconnect with your organization's mission? A good mission helps your organization say YES to the right things and NO to the wrong things. Bonnie explores ideas so that you, and your organization, can put passion behind your organization's mission statement.
10 Things the Human Resources Department Should Do to Advance Next-Gen Learning
As the learning landscape continues to change for students, teachers, and administrators, it creates new challenges and opportunities for school districts and network support services, especially Human Resources.
DLN Report Card: Student Achievement Backpacks in Utah
By: Erin Lockett. The Digital Learning Report Card examines each state’s progress in implementing policies that give students access to high quality digital learning. Today we're highlighting progress made with data backpacks in Utah.
What Digital Learning Grade Did Your State Earn?
DLN’s annual report evaluates state progress in advancing digital learning and high quality learning opportunities for all students. Report cards evaluate state legislative and policy efforts regarding learning systems, quality online instruction, course access, school models, data privacy and more.
The Path Forward: Broader Aims, Better Measures, Supported Educators
Over the last 90 days we’ve considered many of the big issues facing US K-12 in these 30 posts.
Step Off the Direct Path, Service Something Larger Than Yourself
By: Carol Barash. As the direct path from high school to college to work becomes less normative by the day, more people of all ages build their career and life path based on a wide range of educational options, diverse work and volunteer experiences, and their unique vision for our shared future
4 Lessons For Today’s Education Leaders
By: Karen Cator. Digital Promise's League of Innovative Schools is working to close the Digital Learning Gap by designing new ways to engage students in deeper learning experiences. When selecting schools and districts for participation, strong leadership was a "must-have" criterion.
DLN Report Card Preview: Creating Innovation Zones in West Virginia
By: Erin Lockett. The Digital Learning Report Card examines each state’s progress in implementing policies that give students access to high quality digital learning. Today we're highlighting progress with innovation zones in West Virginia.
Schools Can’t Innovate Until Districts Do
Next Generation School Districts goes deep into the question of which system policies are most likely to get in the way of implementing personalized learning at scale. It makes the case that districts must aggressively work to change the incentives, policies, and structures so that they encourage and free up schools to innovate.