Perfection vs Improvement: The Problem With Expecting Student Perfection
By: Jane Mueller. The quest for perfection is linked to burnout, anxiety, and stress. Jane shares how the world’s greatest achievers pursue improvement over perfection and what you can do to foster a similar mindset within the classroom.
Up Close With Nevada Succeeds: Transformation Starts With Equity
[…] VIDA, they are “tending to the souls of schools.” Dr. Smith speaks about the kinds of experiences that people would benefit the most from in terms of preparing them to be thoughtful school and community leaders. Kaleb shares about the ways in which we can prepare people to be thoughtful school and community leaders. […]
From Last Chance to First Choice: Alternative Schools That Show the Way Forward
By: T. Vander Ark & R. Midles. Tom and Rebecca share seven types of schools that provide a learner-centered alternative to traditional high schools.
Back In Person at the Model Schools Conference
[…] next year and proposals to present a session are now open. For more, see: Middle and High Schools Worth Visiting Eric Sheninger’s Disruptive Thinking in our Classrooms: Preparing Learners for Their Future Professional Development: What Do Educators Really Need? Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update. 2021 […]
Bringing Project-Based Mentors into The Educational Fold
[…] Jobs Great Lives: The 2014 Gallup-Purdue Index Report (Washington, D.C.: Gallup, 2014), accessed February 1, 2016, https://www.luminafoundation.org/files/resources/galluppurdueindex-report-2014.pdf.) Gallup’s research, in my mind, dictates new educational priorities for better preparing youth for their future. Building on Gallup’s research and my own personal experiences and research, I’ve found that four factors can make a world of difference: […]
Personalized Instruction: The Key to Academic and Career Success
Everyone likes to talk about personalized learning that is focused on a student’s goals, but how do you expose kids to these things when their worlds don’t allow them to understand what opportunities are available to them? Noemi Y. Perez explores.
Let’s Not Return to School, Let’s Move Beyond It
Tony Jackson and Jordan Shapiro explores how we must reframe education policies for a more equitable future for all children.
Now is the Time to Build a New Field in Education
[…] to begin thinking about what education could really be, otherwise, this work won’t spread.” Tom Rooney, Superintendent of Lindsay Unified School District said, “The decision-makers, finance people, principals, educators, union representatives, and learners with whom the learner-centered vision resonates, should join the Learning Lab. It is through this clarity that there is new potential […]
How to Leave Your Education Job as a Good Steward
Eric Tucker reflects on lessons learned as an educator and as a steward beyond the profession.
Metaverse and Education: What Do We Need to Know?
Rachelle Dené Poth explains what metaverse is and what it means for the future of education.
