Career & Technical Ed
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.
Personalized Learning
Lighting the Path to Personalized Learning
A Getting Smart report, produced in partnership with Next Generation Learning Challenges, that tells the stories of schools across the country that are dedicated to creating a next gen learning environment that sets high expectations for college readiness, personalizes learning for all students, and is optimized for scale.
Personalized Learning
Former Lumberyard Transformed to Blended Learning School
At Intrinsic Charter School's new Chicago campus, spaces for blended learning didn’t have to get retrofitted into a traditional school. A former lumberyard, was a much better starting point for a permanent school designed specifically for blended learning.
Personalized Learning
Another MDRC Study Confirms Wisdom of New Small High Schools
New MDRC study confirms what we knew a decade ago -- small high schools, “Have markedly increased graduation rates for disadvantaged students of color, many of whom start high school below grade level.”
Leadership
Acton Academy: An Invitation to a Hero’s Journey
Acton Academy is small private K-9 school in Austin. The core promise is that each student will “Begin a Hero's Journey.” Located in Austin, Texas, students learn that courage, grit, and perseverance matter far more than regurgitation.
Personalized Learning
Planning for Long Term Success through Sustainability and Scalability
For the Horry County School District (HCS) sustainability is key to each and every decision made. Check out how only a couple years into their personalized, digital learning initiative, they are reaching financial sustainability to secure long term success.
Personalized Learning
Building Relationships and Expanding Expectations at Brooklyn Lab
In a recent trip to Brooklyn, I was lucky enough to visit the recently opened Brooklyn Lab Charter School. Home to 132 6th graders and a dedicated and inspired staff, LAB models several unique solutions for a next gen learning environment.
Personalized Learning
New in Texas Edu in 2014
Here's a look into what is new in Texas education this year.
Personalized Learning
Choosing Excellent Schools – Not Charter Versus District
By: Don Shalvey. Too often these days in schools, if you support charter schools you are seen as against the school district or even against public schools. Or, if you are a supporter of the district, you are often seen as anti-charter and against giving educational choices to parents.
Leadership
Lessons from Horry County
Beth Havens, who works with innovation projects in the district, shares a few of the lessons they have learned in the process of creating a more personalized environment for their students - lessons that leaders are using throughout the district.
Personalized Learning
Why Online School? Why Full Time?
Yesterday our friends at Connections Academy released their 12th annual Parent Satisfaction Survey showing insight into why parents and students use online schools full-time.