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11 Rights All Students (Should) Have

Guest Author

May 15, 2015

There are about 55 million K-12 students in this country, and about 20 million in degree-granting colleges. If students are treated as allies rather than subjects, imagine what could be achieved.

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10 Reasons You Should Visit The American International School of Utah

Tom Vander Ark

May 13, 2015

In a recent visit to the American International School of Utah, Tom identified some remarkable features of this next gen school. This post highlight 10 reasons why the school is worth adding to your list of places to visit!

Ed Policy

DLN Report Card: Advancing Course Access in Michigan

Guest Author

May 13, 2015

By: Erin Lockett. How Michigan has built policies to streamline offerings that work toward ensuring that Course Access will be a sustainable part of its educational ecosystem.

Ed Policy

Inclusive and Iterative Plan Drives Rhode Island Forward

Tom Vander Ark

May 6, 2015

The story from The Ocean State of the most innovative planning process we’ve seen from a state or district, particularly in regards to inclusion and iteration. And, our historic opportunity to dramatically improve student learning.

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Support for Better Schools, Smarter Strategies & Stronger Advocacy

Getting Smart Staff

May 6, 2015

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.

Leadership

How to Become a Mission-Driven Organization

Bonnie Lathram

May 5, 2015

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.

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10 Things the Human Resources Department Should Do to Advance Next-Gen Learning

Mary Ryerse

Apr 30, 2015

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.

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DLN Report Card: Student Achievement Backpacks in Utah

Guest Author

Apr 29, 2015

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.

Ed Policy

What Digital Learning Grade Did Your State Earn?

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 28, 2015

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.

Leadership

The Path Forward: Broader Aims, Better Measures, Supported Educators

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 26, 2015

Over the last 90 days we’ve considered many of the big issues facing US K-12 in these 30 posts.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
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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