How do we prepare students to flourish in a VUCA future?
If we want students to be prepared to flourish in an unpredictable future, we shouldn’t be focused on the future at all: we should be focused on ensuring they flourish now. Erin Lynn Raab explores the term VUCA and its significance when designing for today's schools.
Five Steps to Embed Growth Mindset Practices into Learning Culture
Creating growth mindsets in learning spaces requires thoughtful and intentional practices. Here are five to explore.
Analyzing Data: Helping Students Build Digital Literacy Skills
Becoming data literate helps students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, better communicate ideas, and be equipped with the 21st-century skills they need now and for the future. Rachelle Dené Poth explores data literacy and the resources available through SAS.
Collaborative Conversations to Shephard Communities Forward, Together
Rebecca Midles and Kelly Niccolls explore how school systems set the future of communities and the urgency of intentional design of community building for our learners.
The Multilayered Benefits of Writable Surfaces
Writable Surfaces is one of the most popular design patterns at SchoolPatterns.com. Nathan Strenge shares a short story from his teaching days that highlight its multilayered benefits.
Preparing Students to be Financially Literate
Rachelle Dené Poth shares resources to prepare students to be financially literate.
Profession-Based Movement and The State of Ecosystem in 2022
Gregg Brown shares how to assemble your community, assess your situation, find partners and take action to redesign education.
Building Rural Learning Pathways to Strengthen the Future of Community
By integrating dual enrollment, credentials and CTE, high school students are better able to graduate with college credit and viable credentialed experiences to support entry into the postsecondary workforce.
Why Teach Journalism When AI Writes Articles?
While there are fewer newspaper roles, job boards are full of journalism, communications, advocacy and marketing jobs where strong writing matters.
Centering Relationships at Anastasis Academy
Anastasis Academy in Colorado centers student relationships and a creative, spiraling, inquiry-driven curriculum to drive powerful, deeper student learning.