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
Making Education Research Available to All
By: Karen Cator. Digital Promise is offering an interactive Research Map tool to serve as a starting point for education stakeholders to become more familiar with current education research that is available.
EdTech
Smart Review | Better Writing Feedback From WriteLab
WriteLab writing software provides formative feedback at the sentence level, the ability to share drafts with peers and instructors and other features to encourage students to practice and improve their writing.
Leadership
Preparing Teachers for 21st-Century Learning
By: Bill Taylor. How are teachers being developed to use educational technology in a way that best supports a student’s ability to learn?
Leadership
18 Ways to Power Learner-Centered STEM Partnerships
Learner-Centered STEM takes powerful partnerships with people outside classroom walls, so here are 18 examples of partnerships making Learner-Centered STEM a reality for students at Harmony Public Schools.
Leadership
Building Better Teams for Project-Based Work
Young people are headed for a project-based world in their future careers, so it's imperative we set them up for success now through intentional project-based learning experiences in school.
Leadership
What’s Next? Personalized, Project-Based Learning
There are several challenges faced when trying to execute project-based learning well. Here are 10 next-gen schools blending the best of personalized learning and project-based learning to address these challenges.
Leadership
How to Avoid the Free Rider Problem in Teams
We've all experienced a "free rider" in a team project, both in school and work. So how can we avoid this when creating teams to ensure everyone participates?
Competency-Based Education
Building a Movement from Within for Competency-Based Education
By: Patrice Glancey. In transitioning a school to competency-based education, an educator and curriculum consultant shares how the fire of change must start from within with teacher-leaders.
Leadership
Five Ways Participants Get Value From Professional Learning MOOCs
By: Blythe Tyron. Here are five ways educators gain value from professional development through learning communities or networks such as MOOC-Eds.
Equity & Access
On Equity in Education. Both Kinds.
By: Matt Candler. For too long, we’ve focused on the fairness and justice part of equity in education, but too rarely have we also been concerned with sharing its ownership. Let's do both.