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.
Ed Policy
Georgia Fights to Keep Public School Options Open For Parents & Students
Parents and students across the country need to know what is at stake in Georgia this Election Day. As a parent, a leadership member of a national organization representing thousands of families who support access to public school options, and a proud Georgia resident, the outcome of the vote on charter school Amendment One is what keeps me up at night.
Ed Policy
Utah Digital Learning Summit: Blending Learning, Penguins & Dopamine
There would be more and better education options in this country if every state had a Robyn Bagley. She sat on the board of two online schools and is working on a blended high school. She was instrumental in the development and passage of SB65, the nation’s most innovative online learning bill. Bagley’s Parents for Choice in Education and Digital Learning Now! (DLN) co-hosted a summit in Utah this morning bringing together local and national experts in online and blended learning.
Leadership
Good Work: Building a Community Leadership Pipeline
Advancing Leadership brings together emerging leaders “for in-depth examination of key community components, intensive leadership training and a chance to work with over 100 local change agents.” My daughter Caroline (who runs Getting Smart) is participating in the program this year. She’ll join about 600 alumni are making Federal Way a better place to live, learn, work, and play.
Leadership
Staff Picks: Learning Design, Digital Education
Tom Picks “The Learning Design Opportunity of Our Time” Tom says, “Blended learning opens such interesting opportunities to combine learner-centered anywhere/anytime learning with clear common standards for college/career readiness.” Karen Picks “The Flipped Classroom Turns Around An At Risk, Failing School” Karen says, “Stories like this which give real…
Leadership
A New Approach to Developing Educational Leaders
Anyone thinking about building the pipeline of educational system heads has a new opportunity set. The explosion of anywhere/anytime learning resources suggests it's time to rethink the institutional time-bound cohort model of leadership development (as discussed in the " Learning Design Opportunity of our Time ").
Leadership
World Teachers’ Day
Today Getting Smart is excited to celebrate World Teachers’ Day. We are firm believers that even as technology increases and classrooms as we know them transform, teachers will remain the most significant change agent in student success. “On this day, we call for teachers to receive supportive…
Leadership
It’s All About Culture at Acton Academy
From the moment you arrive at Acton Academy in Austin, Texas you can tell this school is different. Culture oozes from every ounce of the staff and students. By 8:00am students are lining up to run into their classrooms even though school does not start until 8:30am.
Leadership
Good Work with a Loudspeaker
The Harlem and Williamsburg (Brooklyn) film festivals featured a trio of TEACHED shorts from Loudspeaker Films. Kelly Amis is former TFA teacher with serious edreform credentials now using film to build support for transformation and education equality.
Leadership
When Teachers Strike Nobody Wins
It seems everyone has an opinion about the teacher strike currently taking place in Chicago. I do too, but it’s not about who’s to blame. There’s plenty of that to go around. What I do know is that regardless of how this strike ends, nobody will have won.
Leadership
Microsoft Launches Global Initiatives to Create Opportunities for 300M Youth
Microsoft Corp. today announced a new global initiative,Microsoft YouthSpark, that aims to create opportunities for 300 million youth in more than 100 countries during the next three years. This companywide initiative includes citizenship and other company programs — both new and enhanced — that empower youth to imagine and realize their full potential by connecting them with greater opportunities for education, employment and entrepreneurship.