This School Year, It Will Take A Village
[…] this school year would return to normal. But students are gearing up for more unknowns. The number of school districts across the country launching new plans for hybrid learning more than doubled from July to August. One thing, however, is utterly knowable: like George, the millions of students who returned this fall need a community […]
New Standards of Quality: Minerva Baccalaureate and Debt Free College
[…] is not about cramming for a multiple choice quizzes, it’s real feedback on real work in real time. Robin Goldberg, Chief Experience Officer at Minerva, explains “The learning transcends subject matter in a way that will produce a more advanced level of understanding and engagement.” The Minerva Baccalaureate will initially be offered by Laurel […]
Getting Clearer: Stakeholders At The Heart of Education
[…] relationships across different parts of their lives* are more likely to show signs of positive development in many areas, including: Increased academic motivation; Increased social-emotional growth and learning; Increased sense of personal responsibility; and Reduced engagement in a variety of high-risk behaviors. Community Stakeholders Neighbor, coach, teacher of things outside of school building, pastor, […]
Reimagining the Textbook with Virtual Reality
[…] Virtual Reality By Ishani A. and Reyna R. As high school students, we have been frustrated with how our school’s reliance on traditional textbooks has limited our learning. And we know from our fellow students, as well as our research into learning types — of which only 1 of 4 are well-served by reading […]
How to Take Responsibility for the Future of Education
By: Thomas Hatch In a recent article in Forbes, Tom Vander Ark outlined 15 “invention opportunities” that can support the development of equitable high-quality learning opportunities in the future. Among the fifteen, are challenges to create an “accountability 2.0” and develop the mechanisms that can bring people together to share diverse perspectives and support community […]
Is Entrepreneurship the Antidote to Student Anxiety?
[…] the assumptions they got wrong — improving the outcome with every experiment they run. Then they test their assumptions and hypotheses through a series of experiments. After learning more about their business model and adjusting to marketplace dynamics, the students look for investors who can help them bring their products to the market. Sometimes the […]
Difference Making at the Heart of Giving
[…] few gift ideas that we believe encourage contribution and ultimately work to make our world a better one for all. Books Difference Making at the Heart of Learning: An obligatory plug for the root of our contribution focus, the new book by Tom Vander Ark and Dr. Emily Liebtag is full of great examples […]
Dr. Trish Scanlon on How Voice Technologies Should Work For Kids
[…] the latter as the primary obstacle. In the meantime, she says that all teachers and students should be aware of the positives and negatives of To keep learning she recommends that you “love what you do and do what you love.” Key Takeaways: About today’s episode. Tom welcomes Dr. Scanlon to the podcast. How […]
How Generation Z is Using Sustainability and Entrepreneurship Education to Save the Planet
[…] has a net positive impact on the environment, their community, and society and is financially sustainable to boot. Every day, students in entrepreneurship programs, such as Uncharted Learning’s IncubatorEDU program are creating products and developing ideas for services that offer solutions to the problems they identify. And, they’re also showing adults that these solutions can […]
EdSAFE AI Alliance
[…] establishing benchmarks and standards in four critical categories – Safety (security, privacy), Accountability (defining stakeholder responsibilities), Fairness (equity, ethics, and lack of bias), and Efficacy (quantified improved learning outcomes). In a word, SAFE educational AI. Jim Larimore, Riiid’s chief officer for equity in learning, is helping the formation of the alliance. Dxtera, a nonprofit […]
