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.
Getting Through
5 Ways to Enhance Teacher Super-Powers During COVID-19
During COVID-19 school closures, teachers have kept the focus on students and not allowed learning to stop. In this time, Whittle School & Studios has launched strategic Professional Learning initiatives to focus on and empower its teachers.
Getting Through
Getting Through: Leading Through And To A New Generation Of Learning Systems
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, leadership is more important than ever, especially in building a new generation of learning systems.
Leadership
How to Find the Right Innovation Expert for Your District
The Innovative Learning Expert Hub (ILEx) is a new service by Catalyst:Ed in partnership with The Learning Accelerator (TLA) that is connecting districts with leading service providers.
Future of Learning
Voices from the Field: Educational Leadership
In the second blog of a three-part series on educational perspectives, Erin and Kristen survey educators about educational leadership.
Leadership
Where High School Starts with Leadership and Design Thinking
Imagine a high school that started with design thinking and leadership training. Imagine having the opportunity to prototype a solution to a community problem and earn a provisional patent. For students at a Kansas City high school, it's a reality.
Future of Learning
Where You Need to Be at SXSW EDU 2020
Join the Getting Smart team at SXSW EDU 2020. Here’s where we’ll be, a few events to add to your list and a couple of tips to make the most of your week.
Leadership
Getting Clearer: The Power of Our Flowers
By: Carlos Moreno, Danique Dolly and Javier Guzman. This special Getting Clearer blog is honoring the memory of Kobe and Gianna Bryant and extends an invitation to shift the paradigm of education leadership.
Equity & Access
Getting Clearer: The Principal, Mayor of the School Community
By: Patrick Erwin. As a principal, I do the most important job in the city. I create the conditions for students and, by extension, their families, to be lifted out of poverty into a city that is a great place to live. Not a bad job. Not a bad life.
Equity & Access
Creating Culturally Linguistic and Responsive Classrooms: A Place Where All Kids Belong
Culturally linguistic and responsive teaching in the classroom can create meaningful learning experiences for students.
EdTech
The Competing Mindsets of Technology
This month's edition of chronicling the author's return to the classroom focuses on the challenge of shifting students’ mindsets toward mobile technology from entertainment to productivity.