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Getting Through
Five Principles to Help Provide Our School Communities With the Communications They Deserve
[…] longstanding truth about the U.S. education system: It continues to fail our most vulnerable students. The problems are complex. But we believe that ineffective communication between school leadership and families is at its root. Even before the pandemic, school approaches to communications have been top down, one-way, and narrowly focused on the “average” students […]
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Future of Learning
Five Building Blocks in the New Architecture of High Schools
Tom explores how innovative schools intentionally use five learner experience systems to develop and demonstrate competencies.
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Future of Learning
The Story of Transforming A System: Spring Grove Schools
[…] the cafeteria this year as they have needed to eat in their classrooms to remain safe, while other students enjoy this more intimate eating atmosphere more. Our leadership team knows we have details to iron out to ensure we can offer a choice so that our students are comfortable and respected in these new […]
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Difference Making
Think Global, Act Local: How to Embed SDGs in your school and Community
How can students take action on sustainable development goals within the context of their own curriculum and communities? Kyle Wagner explores 8 models from 8 innovative schools and programs leading the charge.
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Future of Learning
The Perfect Storm: A Focus on Students’ Future
Can leadership in each school system recognize the need is here and the winds of education transformation need to be harnessed now? Chris Unger explores in his latest post.
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Leadership
Schools That Create a Public: Larry Rosenstock on Leadership
[…] of the most difficult for all educators. Teachers, especially, are dealing with layers of issues and a lot of new and complicated stuff every day. Lessons in Leadership Rosenstock pushes teachers and school leaders to understand the importance of school quality and strong leadership. He wants educators to keep going, no matter what. “My […]
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New Pathways
Real World Learning in San Diego High Schools
A recent trip to San Diego highlighted a group of impressive schools with a commitment to real-world learning.
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New Pathways
Building an Education Innovation Index
[…] create scaled and common innovation initiatives. Innovative solutions sit at the intersection of feasibility, desirability, benefit, and viability. Nate McClennen Fundamentally, successful innovation will be supported by leadership but implemented and developed from the ground up. Community ownership, clear project plan(s), leadership, impact evaluation, and resource allocation all play a role in a successful […]
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Future of Learning
COVID Forced Schools to Innovate: Let’s Build on What They Learned
[…] their Profile of Success to name, teach, and grow skills beyond traditionally tested outcomes. Throughout the past year educators have come up with mentoring programs, varied schedules, leadership opportunities, personal schedules, and redesigned their class schedules to address the needs of the whole child. Many schools and systems have recognized the value of social-emotional […]
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Getting Through
Processes and Principles for Public Schools Navigating Uncertainty and Adapting to Change
[…] and come together to adapt and respond to the dark winter that has fallen? It was May, a few months into the pandemic, when the Brooklyn LAB leadership team realized it was time to rethink school in order to adapt to the seeming realities of re-entry and resurgence. With cases rising and no hope […]
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