Personalized Learning

More than Words

Breanna Morsadi and Shane Krukowski explore how building connections with students to support meaningful feedback provides authentic learning experiences for learners.

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New Pathways

Communities Develop Their Future Workforce Through NAF Academies

Education, business, and community leaders can work together to support students in visualizing and creating their future. Wall-to-wall NAF Academies collaborate with communities to develop the future workforce through work-based learning, mentorships, internships, and more.

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Equity & Access

Getting Through: Being An Equity-Focused Leader

[…] our Flowers Getting Through: Distributive Leadership Dedy Fauntleroy is the Principal at Northgate Elementary in Seattle Public Schools. Contact her at [email protected].  Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update. Getting Smart has launched the Getting Through series to support educators, leaders, and families on the path forward during such an […]

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Future of Learning

How Interviewing an Innovator Can Expand A Student’s Network

[…] uncertainty about the start of the school year – both at the K-12 and higher education levels – due to the pandemic. One certainty is that online learning will increasingly be part of education. “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” Winston Churchill once said. The disruptions caused by COVID-19 are an ideal […]

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SEL & Mindset

Your “Passion” Probably Isn’t Your Passion

[…] research he conducts. For the past two years, his primary focus has been building a medical device to enhance cancer diagnosis during surgery and he is currently in the process of running human trials for it. Follow him on Twitter at @AaryanHarshith.  Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update.

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Place Based Education

Personalized Storage in Schools

Randy Fielding explores the changing needs to give students personal storage in school, and the solutions can have surprising benefits.

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Equity & Access

It’s (Past) Time to Redesign the Teaching Profession

[…] in action, what my team at Startland Education—a nonprofit team of former educators passionate about the potential of young people and urgent need to disrupt obsolete teaching and learning models—preaches and teaches to young people, educators, and entrepreneurs in our community every day. (L-R) Piper High School student Jillian Collier and Administrative Coordinator Amber Buck […]

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EdTech

Balancing Act: Preserving Children’s Rights in the Digital Age

[…] online tracking and targeted advertising. As a former high school teacher and current Head of Privacy & Data policy at a company focused on creating safer digital learning environments for children, I understand and respect that thinking about children’s rights in the digital age is a true balancing act. As policymakers increasingly wade into […]

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Uncategorized

Esports: Sports Continue to Play On

[…] together and had non stop ‘chatter’ in order to win. I truly had not felt so good about something in a long time,” said Nicole. Creating a Learning Culture When Nicole expressed her excitement to Todd Price, principal at Montour High School, he listened and supported her and the students and together helped start […]

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