Supporting Statewide Change Through New Models For Remote Education
By: Tom Vander Ark & Devin Vodicka. During this pandemic, learning is taking new forms and it's important to seize the moment to introduce entirely new models for learning that are capable of achieving equitable outcomes.
Eight Ways New Schools Innovate
With the rapid global shift to hybrid and remote learning, there is a renewed interest in new school models. Highlighted are eight ways schools are innovating.
Can’t Miss Education Conferences in 2023
[…] state convention and exposition in the US. TCEA’s Convention & Exposition is the place to meet industry peers, collaborate with other educators, and build a tight-knit, professional learning community. Digital Learning Annual Conference February 13-15, 2023; Austin, TX In-Person and Online DLAC aims to bring together practitioners working on real change and is designed […]
Career-Connected Learning: Preparing Students for a Dynamic Future
A recent gathering from Da Vinci Schools and Transcend highlight the many elements of high quality career-connected learning.
Creating Connections Across Slate Valley for the Common Good
By: Casey O’Meara. The Slate Valley Unified Union School District applies community-focused experiential teaching and facilitation methods to better support deeper learning for its students.
Redesigning School: Six Key Pillars From Six of the Most Innovative Schools and Programs
In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, everyone is scrambling to ‘re-imagine education.’ Home learning pods have surfaced to create smaller, tight-knit communities of learners. Hybrid programs have emerged to blur the lines between home and school. And new remote programs with innovative tech tools are being introduced worldwide to enable learning to take […]
Schools Alive With Possibility
[…] in upskilling pathways with the potential for high wage employment. Most of these pathways feature skills credentialing and, while primarily accessed informally, they are a sign of personalized competency-based learning. The pandemic accelerated the great unbundling of learning, an explosion of resources, some open, some free, some assigned, some discovered. A few resources, like Khan […]
Charting the Path for Personalized Learning By Planning Backward
With the growing interest in unpacking learning models and refining teaching and learning frameworks, foundational learning practices are resurfacing in conversations about personalized learning.
5 Steps to Boost Real World Learning in Your System
Would you like to see more real world learning in your community? Tom explores five steps to expand access to high-engagement valuable learning experiences.
The 12 Shifts for Student-Centered Hybrid Environments
With remote and hybrid learning staying on the horizon, it's critical to understand: how have expert education practitioners worldwide successfully adapted their practice in the uncertain education climate?