Citizenship Skills Support Durable Pathways
To create durable and meaningful pathways, students must be empowered as citizens with essential citizenship skills like digital literacy, understanding systems, storytelling and civic dialogue.
Two Developments in Middle Grade Career Exploration
Two-thirds of current high schoolers and graduates say they would have benefited from more career exploration in middle or high school according to ASA research. Here are two innovative approaches to addressing this guidance gap.
How To Unblock Curiosity And Build Creativity
Curiosity might be the most important disposition of the new age. Unlocking curiosity may the key to innovating.
My Class Climbed a 14,000-Foot Mountain: How to Empower Students and Provide New Pathways to Learning
Narissa Stahl Holmgreen shares her class' 14,000-foot mountain journey as a healing action after George Floyd’s murder.
The Students Are Talking, It’s Time We Listen
Student voice is often requested, but only selectively. We must encourage, engage and include students far more than we already do in our education systems.
A District’s Grappling With Anti-Racism: The Kearney School District Story
By: Bill Nicely. Kearney School District is committed to ending systemic racism in order to provide the lives and learning that all students deserve.
The Need for More Formative Research in Edtech
While edtech products do demonstrate potential in aiding student learning, more weight needs to be given to formative education technology research that focuses on improving product features and implementation protocols, which are currently impeding student progress on many education technology solutions.
How to Set Middle Schoolers On a Long-Term Path of Success
By: Rachel Graham. Middle school is a pivotal point for young adults and Rachel discusses how we ensure that middle schoolers receive the necessary skills and resources to set them on a long-term path to success.
An Opportunity to Connect: Ed Tech, The Future of Work, Startups and Investors Unite
The Getting Smart staff sits down Danica Nilsestuen to talk about gener8tor’s OnRamp Education & Workforce Innovation conference coming up.
Turning Dead Malls into Community Assets
Repurposing dead malls may be the right invention opportunity to create human development centers while salvaging returns for property owners.
