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

Human-Scale at Scale: Personalization, But to What End?

Guest Author

Oct 12, 2016

By: Tom Beresford. While touring learner-centered schools in the U.S., I had the opportunity to visit and witness two innovative models at Big Picture Learning and Summit Public Schools--both successful but with very different mindsets around their approach.

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Closing the Opportunity Gap at University Academy

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 12, 2016

K-12 charter school University Academy in Kansas City has become one of Missouri's most elite public schools by focusing on bridging both the opportunity gap and achievement gap for its students.

EdTech

EdTech 10: Today’s Word is “Capacity”

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 12, 2016

This week's edition features the people, organizations, institutions and companies working hard to build the capacity of teachers, leaders and students to “do, experience and understand.”

EdTech

Leading Online and Offline: New Book Offers 6 Tips for EdLeaders

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 11, 2016

Blending Leadership, the new book from Stephen Valentine and Reshan Richards, is a quick, story filled, illustrated set of six suggestions for school leaders.

Leadership

3 Teacher Tips for the PBL Paradigm Shift

Guest Author

Oct 11, 2016

By: Jenny Pieratt. The paradigm shift from teacher to PBL facilitator is not one that happens overnight, over one training or through one project. Here are three tips to help teachers best prepare for success in a project-based world.

Leadership

12 SEL Organizations Making a Difference

Mary Ryerse

Oct 10, 2016

Around the world, schools, districts and individual educators are embracing broader aims including social emotional learning (SEL) and growth mindsets.

Leadership

35 Leaders on the Successes and Challenges of Project-Based Learning

Bonnie Lathram

Oct 10, 2016

35 leaders from around the country discuss what is working and what needs improvement in implementing high quality project-based learning.

Leadership

Instructional Design: Inspire Students and Empower Teachers

Guest Author

Oct 9, 2016

By Blake Beus. As educators today, we have more tools available for our use than any generation of students or teachers before us. It’s our job to decide which tools we want to bring into our classrooms and how we want to use them. This is no small task.

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Passionate + Flexible = Key Traits of Great PBL Teachers

Emily Liebtag

Oct 7, 2016

Teachers and students from Bulldog Tech in San Jose, California students discuss qualities and characteristics of great PBL teachers and why they think learning through projects is powerful.

Leadership

The Personal Dimension to Place-Based Learning

Guest Author

Oct 7, 2016

By Mike Mihalik. Perhaps the most powerful lessons we learn in the parks are about ourselves and this is just another reason why I feel that the national parks are America’s best idea and best classroom.

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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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