Series
Leadership
What If We Replaced Family (and Classroom) Rules with Core Beliefs?
Once a lesson in my 2nd grade classroom, now an exercise I use as a parent. How to reinforce the right things and getting kids involved in determining what those “right things” are.
Leadership
7 Things EdLeaders Should Do
Opportunities in school leadership are great but so are the challenges. There are seven steps to transform a school or district.
Personalized Learning
Never The First to Finish: Why Pace Matters
By: Sarah M. Vander Schaaff. The strategies and decisions that worked to teach my daughter that pace matters and that finishing first is not what's most important.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Super Bowl XLIX Edition
The NFL, Super Bowl and football in general might seem completely unrelated to the world of ed and EdTech. However, after this week’s top stories you’d be surprised how similar they really are.
EdTech
Bridging the Gap from Living Room to Classroom: FreshGrade
What if the communication line between parent and educator was truly open? Enter FreshGrade, a Learning Collaboration System that helps educators document student learning and progress through photo, video, work samples, and more.
Difference Making
How I Worked to Discover My Passion and Start My Business
By: Daniel Kao. If you look for passion as if it were some external entity, you’ll never find it. Passion isn’t found and followed, it’s created, nurtured, and grown.
Leadership
Embracing Paradox Leads to Breakthroughs
The "Eduparadox." How sources of tension can lead to breakthroughs in education.
Personalized Learning
I Received This Email from My Son’s Principal
By: Jason Stirman. How an email from my son's principal sparked thinking, a response, and confirmed my belief that "letting my kids stay young as long as they can" is not a parenting goal of mine.
Ed Policy
EdTech 10: SOTU and Beyond
With the spotlight on Tuesday’s pomp and ceremony in the House Chamber, there was also big developments from mobile learning apps to blended partnerships, LX advancements to opportunities for parents.
Leadership
Parents, Tell Your Story: How You Empower Student Learning
Calling all parents: Are you a parent of a school-aged child helping your child navigate through their educational journey? If so, we want to hear from you!