Town Hall Recap: Microschools Can Lead To Macro Change
[…] support the work Develop individualized learning plans Get started You can see all of the links that were mentioned here. Check out our next town hall on place-based education, or if you are interested in taking a deep dive on one of our favorite microschools, One Stone, check out our upcoming event about how to help […]
Nate Kellogg & Gwen Baker on Real-Time Redesign for Schools and Districts
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom talks with Nate Kellogg of The Learning Accelerator and Gwen Baker of Bellwether Education Partners about The Strategy Lab, a project of the Always Ready for Learning initiative. Let’s listen in as Tom talks with Nate and Gwen about this important collaborative work within a […]
Remake Learning Days Across America: Sixteen Regions Across America Join Pittsburgh to Celebrate Learning
Remake Learning Days serves as a change agent to help communities design the future they envision, for families to be engaged in their child’s learning and for youth to lead the way on an unknown path for a bright future.
The Time for Action is Now: Get Ready For Careers of the Future
The CAPS network is launching the “Innovating Education for Careers of the Future” playbook, a resource to support the shift from awareness to action.
What If?: June Recap
[…] rather than extraction? This question was inspired by our recent Difference Making campaign We received this answer from Joe Kirstein of Episcopal Day School: In their book, Four-Dimensional Education Charles Fadel, Maya Bialik, and Bernie Trilling argue that 21st country education must evolve beyond the standard practice of simply delivering content. Students who will enter […]
How Two Teachers are Championing Representation in the Classroom
[…] the questions we explored through a Roadtrip Nation storytelling project following seven teachers adapting to remote teaching, sharing what’s on their minds as they map their future in education, and talking to veteran educators about what’s kept them in the classroom. Representation was a major theme, and two of the featured educators, Vera Ahiyya and […]
Five Steps to Embed Growth Mindset Practices into Learning Culture
[…] learners the basics of learning science so they better understand conditions, context and thriving; and practice giving feedback in thoughtful ways. Due to systemic inequities in the education system, traditionally underserved populations are more likely to have a fixed mindset. According to a recent Brookings Report, “Traditionally underserved students – including students in poverty, English learners, […]
Book Review: Digital for Good
[…] his impassioned plan to bring high-speed internet to not only schools but to homes for our students so all learners would have a chance at an equitable education. He was working then for President Obama’s Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, also a former educator bringing forward their frontline experience with the widening opportunity gap. […]
Minerva University: Personalized, Global, Affordable and Now Independent
Minerva University offers the world’s smartest young people a reconceptualization of the ends and means of higher education at an affordable price.
Living in Beta: One Stone’s Pilot Results Are In
[…] than shorter implementation. Time to reflect, build on ideas, and converse with peers and mentors increase success. Students need to understand the concept of purpose. So often, education is a compliance-based approach, and young people are not asked nor do they understand purpose. Clearly helping students develop an idea of purpose increases successful implementation. […]