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.
Smart Procurement: EdTech & Learning Games
Moving beyond flipped and blended classrooms to networks of schools that work better for students and teachers requires a new level of collaboration.
A New Direction for El Paso Schools
Juan Cabrera has been teacher, a school district lawyer, entrepreneur, and high tech executive, and now he’s the superintendent of El Paso schools.
Leading with Teacher Innovation
EdLeaders need to encourage, nurture, and highlight teacher leadership to make rapid progress--but it must be combined with school and district redesign initiatives.
Student Voice: Making a Difference
By: Kaya Warrior. I took the initiative to apply anyway (always hoping to live up to my sister’s standards) and fortunately I was selected to be apart of the ALY class of 2013, not knowing this truly life changing journey I was about to embark on.
How To Choose The Best Tools To Successfully Transition To Common Core
Here, a leading educator proposes a few questions that school leaders need to ask to ensure they’re locating and using the most innovative and appropriate tools for managing this sweeping transformation.
Machine Scoring of Essays Means Better Tests for Less
The ASAP Pricing Study, published today, addresses these cost questions. The paper concludes that, "In a higher quality assessment, human scoring of student essays can comprise over 60 percent of the total cost of the assessment. Automating this scoring process holds tremendous promise in making higher quality assessments affordable."
Tips for a College Ready Culture from Principal of the Year
NASSP’s High School Principal of the Year (2013) Trevor Greene knows what it takes to build a strong culture of success for his students and staff.
Julie Young to Begin Next Chapter of Online Learning Leadership
After 17 years at the helm of Florida Virtual School and 30 years as a Florida educator, Julie Young told the board and staff last week that she was retiring
#TCEA14 Wrap-Up: An Uncomfortable Tension
Sure, think about the past week and be excited for next year, but understand that there is nothing more important than the present. Be fully engaged in the conversations you're having. Seek out others with whom you can share. Your learning has the potential for so much more impact if you'll pass it on. Don't keep it to yourself because change happens in the now.
Signaling Job Readiness: Degrees Decline in Value, Alternatives Emerge
The combination of inflated costs, mounting student debt, and crushing young adult unemployment during the Great Recession have caused many to question the value of degrees.