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.
Modeling Mistakes and Creating Trust in the Classroom
By: Meriwynn Mansori. If we want to create resilient, capable, problem-solving students, we need to allow them to make mistakes that encourage them to learn and grow, as well as allow teachers to model learning through trial and error.
EdTech 10: Super Schools
The world is a-buzz with the news of the 10 XQ Super Schools, where our own Mary Ryerse was invited to be a judge. This week’s top ten news stories offer even more super news about teaching and learning.
Four Ways Students Learn from School Gardens
By: Liz Wimmer. I recently discovered that students actually eat more vegetables at school if they help grow them in the school garden, and that school gardens are powerful places that deepen student learning in these four ways.
Personalized Standards-Based Instruction Tied to Social Emotional Learning
Social-emotional learning does not have to be separate from academic learning or from the rest of the academic day, but can be a part of personalized standards-based instruction. Here are several tools and examples to help.
Homeschool Partnerships: Changing an Educational Landscape
By: Marsha Myles. An amazing movement is happening in Michigan that is changing its educational landscape: Homeschool Partnerships, which are having a tremendous impact and influence in our state.
Choose Your EdTech Providers Carefully with These Five Questions
By: Junaid Mubeen, PhD. Here are five questions teachers and school administrators should ask themselves and their prospective partners when seeking out the latest EdTech solutions.
These 10 Resources Will Help Improve Your Researching Skills
By: Mary Walton. An essential part of an educator's job is furthering their own knowledge of the profession. Here are ten online resources for educator research and improving researching skills.
Teaching is a Project-Based Profession: 10 PBL Teacher Mindsets
Today's teachers who are training students (and our eventual future employees) have a great task at hand preparing students to successfully manage projects. Here are 10 mindsets successful project-based teachers have.
Cultivating Cross-Cultural Competence in Costa Rica
By: Abel McClennen. Learn more about La Paz Community School: a rural, ecologically and ethnically diverse PreK-12 school in Costa Rica where all cultures, ethnicities and socioeconomic levels are openly embraced and celebrated.
10 XQ Super Schools Announced: Leading the Way in Rethinking High School
The XQ team invited schools across the nation to engage in a Discover-Design-Develop challenge. After several phases that processed over 700 applications, these 10 Super Schools were announced as the challenge winners.