Embracing the DARPA Model for EdTech Innovation: Charting the Course with GPT-4 and Beyond
GPT-4 and other disruptive edtech applications will proliferate quickly and need innovative research and development programs to ensure they are safe, effective, and equitable. Adapting the DARPA model to education opens the door for rapid-cycle research and development programs that can keep up with the rapidly evolving technology landscape.
An Unexpected Pathway: How Life’s Design For Life Changed Mine
What if the purpose of school is and always has been to “create conditions conducive to life?”
Closing the Opportunity Gap with Access to College-Level Courses for Every High School Learner
Every high school student in the country deserves the opportunity to try a college course in high school.
Context Matters: The Why and How of Building Context into School-Based Research
A district’s edtech implementation context has a huge influence on whether edtech tools are effective, but researchers rarely take contextual factors into account in any systematic way. The Edtech Context Inventory (CI), a validated survey from the Edtech Evidence Exchange, helps district teams measure their implementation context so they have evidence to make edtech decisions.
Bridging the Gap Between School and the Real World Starts With Agency
Red Bridge School is a novel educational institution nestled in the vibrant city of San Francisco renowned for its innovative and student-centered approach to learning.
A Transformative School Year with AI
Rachelle Dené Poth shares educator and student thoughts on how emerging tech like AI has impacted their school year.
Recording Arts as Reengagement, Social Justice and Pathway
David “TC” Ellis dreamed about a new kind of high school that would reengage learners through musicology and alongside colleagues opened the High School for Recording Arts in 1998. Getting Smart staff shares more on this journey.
Creating an Inclusive Learning Culture Through Trust, Feedback Cycles, and Positive Self-Talk
Nurturing a true growth mindset culture demands more than just awareness; it necessitates establishing a safe and inclusive learning space that embraces the diversity of learners and their experiences. Rebecca Midles explores more in he latest post.
Let’s Use ChatGPT to ‘Think Different’ About K-12 Schools
The way to overcome the current challenges dominating K-12 is to think out of the box from the mindset of our ‘users' and embrace the new and unfamiliar with curiosity and confidence.
Not Your Typical Back-to-School Days at Learner-Centered Sites
Learner-centered leaders recognize the need to help young people lean into their personal development as a critical part of their learning and do so in community with the peers and adults in their environments.