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4 Key Attributes for Deeper Learning Leadership

Guest Author

Mar 9, 2015

By: Kyle McCartney. Being flexible, bringing energy and enthusiasm every single day, and having the courage to take risks: All of these can lead to great success as a leader. Leadership in Deeper Learning schools means being able to commit to these 4 key leadership attributes.

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3 Factors to Consider When Choosing an Innovative School

Guest Author

Mar 8, 2015

By: Nina Rees. As school choice has taken root across the country, parents are making educational choices for and with their children. Nina offers up these three factors that can help parents when choosing innovative schools.

EdTech

Designing A Network Of Education Innovation Clusters

Guest Author

Mar 7, 2015

By: Steven Hodas. With support from the Grable Foundation, Innovate NYC Schools and Digital Promise are launching the design phase of the Innovation Cluster Network to bring together educators, startups, policymakers, investors, researchers, and community groups across the usual boundaries that separate them.

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Facilitating Systems Change

Guest Author

Mar 6, 2015

By: Lydia Dobyns. How do school networks lead through systems change? Lydia writes about her experience as the leader at New Tech Network and what they've learned about large systems change to create better public schools for all students.

Ed Policy

How to Transform Convoluted Documents into Accessible School Report Cards

Jessica Slusser

Mar 5, 2015

We're excited that the My School Information Design Challenge worked, but re-imagining the way stakeholders consume and interact with school information continues to present a huge opportunity. States are now in the drivers seat!

Leadership

Moving Beyond Pilot Phase: District Conditions for Scaling Personalized Learning

Guest Author

Mar 5, 2015

By: Matt Williams. The importance of identifying the conditions that a K-12 school district should put in place to support the scaling of personalized learning to create whole systems designed around providing personalized options for all students.

Leadership

Inforgraphic | Powerful Partnerships to Boost Personalized Learning

Bonnie Lathram

Mar 4, 2015

An infographic from Fuel Education that features a framework for schools and districts for thinking about scaling the personalized learning experience.

Leadership

Take A Judo Lesson, Leverage Trends To Make An Impact

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 3, 2015

Against the backdrop of black swan events, broken politics, and the increasing priority of initiative, here is a recap of relevant trends and judo instructions for impact investors and "edupreneurs" interested in leveraging some of those trends.

Leadership

EdLeaders as Lead Communicators

Carri Schneider

Mar 2, 2015

In a recent brief, an important role for leaders suggests that principals leading transformational efforts should be the “lead communicators.” And that empowered principals can be assets for public engagement in other settings as well.

Leadership

The Primacy of Relationships

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 1, 2015

Powerful tools can help us know our students better; they can help teachers connect them with powerful experiences. But it's leaders that create the context--from classroom to city--for life-shaping relationships.

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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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