Schools Worth Visiting
The Getting Smart team visits hundreds of schools each year and is grateful for the opportunity to see high-quality teaching and learning in action. This series features stories of schools that share best practices, lessons learned and next-gen teaching practices that support high-quality, personalized, project-based learning for all students.
65 Elementary & Middle Schools Worth Visiting
School visits are a great way to learn and are key to developing an innovation mindset. Based on a couple thousand school visits and with help from colleagues and readers, we’ve compiled a list of 66 U.S. Elementary schools worth visiting.
Getting Smart on Tomorrow’s Classroom: Free Innovative Tools, Resources and Apps
Getting Smart and SAS Curriculum Pathways have partnered to publish "Getting Smart on Tomorrow's Classroom: Free Innovative Tools, Resources and Apps" which features free resources, tips and strategies for the future classroom... today.
Innovative Primary School Puts Down Roots in Denver
New and innovative primary school in Denver reimagines what the learning environment should look like for students. Check out, Roots Elementary.
Open a Micro-School: Here’s How
It’s getting easier to open a really cool school. A new wave of tiny schools, dubbed micro-schools, are creating options for students, parents, and educators. For an innovative new option or the beginning of a big school transformation, micro-schools are a fast low risk option.
Meriden Public Schools Launches “Take Charge of Your Learning” Campaign
Meriden Public Schools is launching a "Take Charge of Your Learning" campaign. Staff and students are pledging to be continuous learners and embrace the recent changes in teaching and learning.
Students Ask Big Questions At Science Leadership Academy
Science Leadership Academy (SLA) in Philadelphia is transforming the opportunity set for 500 urban students with an inquiry-based approach. SLA students are asked to consider, "How do we learn?" "What can we create?" "What does it mean to lead?"
Six Personalized Learning MVP Moments From Fulton County Schools
By: Stephanee Stephens. Fulton County Schools is leading the shift to personalized learning. Six best practices that's working for large Georgia district: Summer PD, implementation of the right tools, innovative learning environments, recruiting, reflection and analysis, and strategic planning.
Unlimited Potential For A Small Middle Grade Flex Program
Cicely Benoit and Aditi Rao are educators at Houston's most innovative school, A+ Unlimited Potential (A+UP), a small tuition free middle school launched last year in the Museum District.
To Use Their Minds Well: BASIS
BASIS is a high touch model that puts a premium on teaching talent and demands sustained leadership around a common conception of aims and means. It's a special place where young people learn to use their minds well.
RAMTEC: Robotics, A Path to Employment & Economic Development
Next gen STEM school in central Ohio with buy in from community members and international companies is graduating students that are more than ready for college and career.