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.
25 Impact Opportunities In U.S. K-12 Education
This report outlines opportunities where organizations can participate in making significant shifts in the American education landscape, ultimately improving student outcomes.
How Might We… Give at ISTE 2015? #SliceOfISTE
By: Tracy Clark. With #SliceOfISTE, the hope is to have ISTE attendees flood the local business, Rosa’s Pizza, which donates free slices of pizza to area folks in need of a meal.
DLN Report Card: Expanding Online Course Access in Texas
By: Erin Lockett. Course Access is on the rise in the Lone Star State. How the Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN) and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) are working together to increase access.
Modeling Good Work
Howard Gardner suggests that children need to see their parents modeling good work; here are 7 tips.
Finishing the School Year Strong: They Deserve Your Best
By: Trevor Greene. There's no “next time” in the education of our students, that's why we must take advantage of every opportunity and create experiences for students to extend their learning through the end of the year.
10 Things Your Professional Learning Partners Should Want to Tell You
Why your professional learning partners should model the posture of experimentation by both encouraging and supporting the desire to try new things, asking difficult questions, and pushing boundaries.
8 Tips to Stop Micromanaging & Start Leading
Learning to manage well, and never micromanage will improve your team members’ job satisfaction, performance and attitude. The post features 8 tips to ensure successful management not micromanagement.
EdTech 10: Leading the Way
As we celebrate the launch of Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning, we’re equally excited to share this week’s top news from leaders in EdTech. Here’s this week’s top 10 EdTech news stories.
10 Roles & 7 Recommendations for Leading Toward Deeper Learning
By: Tom Vander Ark & Karen Cator. If we want more students to experience powerful learning, school and district leaders need to benefit from the same blended, competency-based and deeper learning experiences that they seek to create for students.
Impact at Scale: Gates Foundation Celebrates 15 Years
In its 15 year, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest foundation remains excited about the pace of innovation, ending several diseases in Africa, sanitation and hygiene in India, and new payment systems for the world’s poor.