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

How to Find the Right Innovation Expert for Your District

Getting Smart Staff

Mar 30, 2020

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

Kristen Thorson

Mar 28, 2020

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

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 13, 2020

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

Getting Smart Staff

Mar 3, 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

Guest Author

Feb 25, 2020

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

Guest Author

Feb 19, 2020

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

Kelly Niccolls

Feb 11, 2020

Culturally linguistic and responsive teaching in the classroom can create meaningful learning experiences for students.

EdTech

The Competing Mindsets of Technology

David Ross

Feb 6, 2020

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.

Leadership

Civics for 2020: This Is How to Engage Future Voters

Kristen Thorson

Feb 3, 2020

By: Kristen Thorson and Erin Gohl. From preK-12, these age-appropriate ideas for a more engaging civics education can help ensure the health of our political institutions.

Competency-Based Education

Holacracy: Organizing for Change at D51

Chris Sturgis

Feb 2, 2020

Holacracy is a system for agile self-organizing. At District 51 change management was and is being facilitated by a holacratic structure.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
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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