Series
Difference Making
Learning is Happening Everywhere–Let’s Embrace That
By: David Blake. As a rising generation of learners progress within their careers, they increasingly look beyond formal education to develop, sharpen and learn new skills. But despite the fact that learning is happening in every way and everywhere, measuring it is not happening--and it should.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Going Deep with Deeper Learning
This year’s Deeper Learning conference focused on equity and entry points to deeper learning. From the maker movement to empathy hacks for school wide change, this conference covered the tangible and practical while also encouraging us all to advocate for equitable access to education for all students. Powerful student…
Personalized Learning
To Leaderboard or Not: The Art of Motivating and Monitoring Performance
While we can appreciate how leaderboards focus on achievement and the commitment to transparency for students, could it actually be a serious detriment for many struggling students?
Leadership
How World Language Learning and Global Competence Complement Each Other
By: Meriwynn Mansori. By focusing world language programs on building students’ proficiency and global competence, we can use existing educational infrastructure to provide high-quality, meaningful language learning experiences to larger populations of students. Here is what it takes.
Personalized Learning
3 Best Practices for Teaching English Language Learners
By: Kathleen L. Gallagher. At an elementary school where a majority of students are ELLs, the principal encourages an inclusive model and provides a digital curriculum to help kids master English.
Difference Making
How to Create Your Anywhere, Anytime Learning Playlist
By: Lisa Haugh. Just like a music playlist for working out or relaxing, you can build a customized learning playlist to get your career jamming too. Here are some tips for getting started.
Difference Making
Pick a Mentor – It Will Change Your Life
By: Katie Goddard. We need to make a conscious effort to create an environment where kids feel safe and comfortable in sharing their growth and development with us. Mentoring is the key to make this free exchange of ideas possible.
EdTech
The 6 Keys to Building a Community of Readers
By: Dr. Ruben Alejandro. A superintendent shares his approach to literacy, which includes providing free books for preschoolers, striving for universal connectivity and partnering with local businesses.
Leadership
Promising Practices in Deeper Learning and Equity
There are initiatives in the United States to reduce achievement gaps and increase access to high quality education for all students. At this year’s Deeper Learning conference, conversations --and the real work--are about equity.
EdTech
Generic vs Coherent Teacher Prep
We’ve inherited sedimentary layers of local, state and federal EdPolicy--not system designed to prepare young people for the idea economy and not an easy system in which to teach. In contrast we know that good schools are coherent--everything is mission-aligned to benefit teachers and students. The benefits of purpose-built coherent teacher preparation hold the potential to extend quality learning for all teachers and students.