Competency-Based Education
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.
Leadership
Growing Leaders, Growing Capacity: Discovery Education’s Digital Leader Corps
By: Karen Beerer. This digital transformation represents a tremendous paradigm shift for school systems. In many cases, school administrators are seeking to build the capacity of teacher-leaders to support this innovative change movement. In response to this growing need Discovery Education created the Digital Leader Corps.
Leadership
How To Prep For (and Rock) SXSWedu
By: Eric Nentrup. Headed to SXSWedu? Here's what you need to do before you land in Austin to prep for and rock SXSWedu 2015.
Leadership
Calling All Principals & EdLeaders!
Announcing our latest project with Hewlett Foundation, 'Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning' to address how leadership preparation and development must evolve to better equip leaders to create and support Deeper Learning environments.
Difference Making
Living Your Future Is An Authentic Process
By: Elliot Washor. How a trip to Nashville Big Picture reinforced how powerful GenDIY can be if they have schools that entwine community and family around the student learning experience.
Leadership
Innovation & Improvement Takes a Sustained Push
We have a great chance to boost achievement and completion rates but it takes sustained leadership. There has been uptick in talented and committed state and district leaders being fired or leaving under duress.
Leadership
Ready For Scale? Host A City Competition
If your school or program has had some success in one or two cities and you're benefiting from (rather than fighting) trends, it may be time to consider a city competition. Rather than writing more proposals, wouldn't it be great to have other people sending you proposals?
Leadership
Broad Suspends Prize and Personalized Learning
As reported by the New York Times, the Broad Foundation has suspended the $1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education stating, “It had become more difficult to identify school districts that were pushing test scores or graduation rates up.”
Leadership
4 Strategies For Scaling A Successful Program
Run a good school or program? Thinking about how to increase your impact? Replicating the program is just one of a dozen strategies for extending impact.
Leadership
How should principals be trained? Like MBAs? Like CEOs?
New “Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning” project draws on the expertise of researchers, practitioners and pioneers who have made tackling the leadership challenge a key part of their mission.
Ed Policy
Tech Training Opens Lucrative Alternative to 4 Year Degree for Millennials
Why we need more workers trained in the trades, the role of our schools in preparing students for careers and vocational training, and examples of innovative career centers providing technical training pathways.