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.
#AskAboutAI: Informing Educators, Parents and Policymakers About Life With Smart Machines
Artificial Intelligence will have more influence on the lives of young people over the next few decades than any other factor, so our #AskAboutAI campaign is investigating the implications smart machines will have on employment, learning and ethical issues.
How Schools Improve
A colleague recently emailed me about the lack of widely used improvement frameworks in schools, so here is a quick outline of responses around approaches to improvement and innovation.
New Teacher Induction Approach Blends Virtual Content and Collaboration
By: Nathifa Carmichael. Fulton County Schools implements a new teacher induction program with wrap around supports that helps retain new teachers and gives them every chance to succeed during those critical early years.
What’s New in Leadership? Lifelong Learning + Project Management
As we have been writing throughout our project-based world series, the nature of work is changing and so in turn are the necessary skills for success. So what do we need to ensure we grow the type of leaders we'll need in the future?
Creating Coherence: Central Office to Teacher Teams and Their Students
With the growing demands placed on today's educators, the Bank Street Education Center assists school systems with guidance and services that strengthen teaching practices and increase student success.
School Culture and Relationships Thrive with a 5:1 Positivity Ratio
Everyone wrestles with how to create positive and productive relationships at home, at school and everywhere in between. One of the most important factors in succeeding is paying attention to how feedback is provided.
Bridging the Gap Between Traditional and Innovative Teaching and Learning
By: Jenny White and Clifford Maxwell. Now more than ever, blended learning is poised to be a critical lever for schools to make new levels of personalization not just feasible but scalable, and educators can learn more by connecting to each other through BLU.
Five Classroom Resolutions To Try in 2017
By: Lisa Low. It’s never too late to set goals around how you’ll improve your teaching and the learning happening in your classroom, so to help get you started here are five resolutions to try in the upcoming year.
Four Ways Blended PD Makes Teachers Ready for the Classroom
Providing teachers with effective professional development and support that actually works starts with an ecosystem of feedback that comes from principals, peers (and teachers themselves), both in person and via technology.
Living As If All Lives Have Equal Value
I’ve had the good fortune to live and work with people who believe all lives are equal, and who value openness, generosity and innovation as value creation. Here are five lessons they taught me.