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
The Value of Establishing a Culture of Thinking in the Classroom
Strategies focused on ingraining cultures of thinking have been game changers in many of today’s classrooms. In this post, we look at what that means for you and your classroom.
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Learn to Earn: The Entrepreneurship Education Landscape
Entrepreneurship education for adults is gaining momentum, and it has taken some interesting shapes. Here's what we found in a recent survey of leading entrepreneurship programs.
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True Leadership Starts with Empathy
Our team is wrapping an incredible week at INBOUND, which got us thinking about how leadership is about more than just managing people: it’s about growing people. And we all have leadership opportunities, whether or not we manage a team.
Future of Learning
Accelerating Disruption in Schools
By: Marie Bjerede and Michael Gielniak, Ph.D. Today’s schools continue to be asked to prepare students for jobs, but the jobs have changed. It's time to accelerate the kind of disruption in schools that will change status quo and help students prepare for the future.
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Impact Report Shows NTN Better Prepares Students for College and Life
Schools that are part of networks have shown boosted achievement and graduation rates, and networks allow for quality options to scale in communities that need them most. New Tech Network is a great example.
Future of Learning
Factory-Model Change Won’t End the Era of Factory-Model Schools
By: Andy Calkins. The only change processes we've ever used in public education to significantly alter practice and the student experience reflect industrial-age thinking and methodologies. This will no longer suffice.
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Mapping Learner Experience
As students navigate their learning journey, we must deliver explicit, student-owned opportunities to set and map their course. Here's one strategy that think can be truly effective.
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What Does Effective Educator PD Look Like?
By: Julie Keane. We know what doesn’t work—providing teachers with workshops that are expensive and don’t meet teacher needs. But what does work?
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Great EdTech Success Story Turns Into The Biggest Philanthropic Story of the Year
Curriculum Associates' original gift to Iowa State University has been turned into a new endowment that will more than triple scholarship dollars available to award by the college and help accelerate innovations in teaching and research.
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School Consortium Proposes a Better Transcript
For well over a century we've recorded the high school experience as a series of courses and grades, showing activity but not necessarily growth and accomplishment. Here is how the Mastery Transcript Consortium is working to change this approach for the better.