How Can Educators Build Support Systems for Students Eyeing Technician Jobs?
Explore how high schools can be pivotal in guiding students towards technician careers by offering alternatives to four-year degrees and creating a pathway to well-paid technical roles.
It’s Time to Reassess Our Understanding of the 4Cs
David outlines a new vision for the teaching and assessing of 21st century skills that is anchored in cultural awareness and differing ways of expressing competence.
Five Mega Trends Reshaping Global Learning
[…] instruction. Extended challenges are more frequently being used to develop the personal leadership and problem solving skills valued by new outcome frameworks (#1). Active learning is more student-centered, with a combination of directed tasks and open-ended challenges that provide more learner voice and choice. Rural learners in the Place Network use design thinking to take […]
Helping Teachers Prioritize Social Emotional Learning
By: JoJuan Armour. JoJuan shares three approaches to support teachers and allow them to prioritize their own social emotional wellness.
What’s the Right High School Size and Structure?
The size of high school institutions dictate how learners experience their secondary years but are smaller networks of education the answer?
Cool New Schools
The Getting Smart team explores nine cool new schools that launched this fall which build on place-based opportunities and accelerating real world learning.
7 Ways to Use Screencastify for In-Person Learning
Ashley Ranan shares seven ways educators can use Screencastify for innovative classroom instruction and learning.
How The International School of Prague Inspires, Engages & Empowers Learners
[…] fulfilling, and purposeful lives, preparing them to adapt and contribute responsibly to our changing world. Engage a diverse community in an authentic global education, within a nurturing student-centered environment. Empower learners to think critically and creatively, work cooperatively and independently, listen and communicate effectively, and act with compassion, integrity, respect and intercultural understanding. Belisle […]
Why After School Matters More than Ever
Learn about former educator, Aurora Dreger, and her experience transitioning from the classroom to leading an after school program.
Three Ways Web3 Will Change Education For Good
Web3 provides new pathways for learning, earning, and living.