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.
Leadership
Should K-12 Schools Really Certify Their Own Teachers?
By: Thomas Arnett. Summit Public Schools recently made headlines with the launch of its new teacher residency program where participants can earn a teaching credential. What might this approach mean for the future of teacher preparation?
Project-Based Learning
Global Education For All
By: India Hui. Thrival Academy offers study abroad and global education to students from all backgrounds, particularly students from underserved communities, to open their minds to the many possibilities for their lives they may have never even considered before.
Leadership
Three Keys to Providing a Coach for Every Teacher
To be as effective as possible, teachers need support in their professional development, whether that is through PLCs, administrator evaluations or coaching. Here is our district’s model for making the future of professional development a reality.
Schools Worth Visiting
Arts-Integration for the Future of STEAM Learning
By: Dr. Monika Wiley. In Clayton County Public Schools (CCPS), an arts-infused education has been the key to our successful STEAM program, improving both student and teacher engagement.
Personalized Learning
8 Things to Look For in a Student-Centered Learning Environment
From years of teaching in the classroom and countless school visits and interactions with excellent educators worldwide, I’ve created a list of things I commonly observe in great student-centered learning environments. Here are eight that stand out.
Future of Learning
Making The Case for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
A new publication released by NewSchools Venture Fund and several other prominent education funders shares the most comprehensive study on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the education sector ever completed.
Project-Based Learning
3 Ways to Prepare Educators to Teach PBL
By: Dr. Art Fessler. For project-based learning to reach its full potential, teachers must learn to step back and be facilitators in the classroom. Here are my three best practices as a superintendent to effectively support educators in a PBL environment.
Leadership
Lean School District: 12 Service Delivery Opportunities
How can school district leaders get in front of declining budgets to give their schools the best chance to be successful? Here are 12 school district functional areas where there are usually opportunities to boost efficiency and effectiveness.
Personalized Learning
Teaching Core Values
Bailey Thomson, Director of School Operations for SPARK Schools, spoke at TEDxJohannesburg about the significance of teaching core values to students. Here are SPARKS five core values and what they mean.
Leadership
By 2025, Swarms of Self-Driving Vehicles Will Transport Students to Learning Sites
Recent breakthroughs in computing and maturation of autonomous driving systems are rapidly making self-driving vehicles a reality. So how could this innovation impact education?