Understanding Interventions: Broadening The Impact of Science
Antonio Boyd highlights multiple organizations that are determined to increase representation in STEM programs and fields.
Growing Together Education Connects Learners and Communities to Green Food and Green Skills
Growing Together Education is working with numerous school communities to develop academically rigorous and interactive environmental education programs.
CAPS Network Students Gain Skills and Scholarships
Last fall, a survey of more than 1,000 of them showed that CAPS programs have significant influence on students’ professional growth.
How High-Schoolers Launched a Start-up to Reduce Social Isolation in Seniors
Four teammates in Uncharted Learning’s year-long INCubatoredu entrepreneurship course at Vista Ridge High School in Austin, Texas developed Walkthru, which leverages VR to transport seniors on more than 350 immersive tours around the world.
More than Words
Breanna Morsadi and Shane Krukowski explore how building connections with students to support meaningful feedback provides authentic learning experiences for learners.
Getting Through: Being An Equity-Focused Leader
By: Dedy Fauntleroy. Everything is rapidly changing—especially education. What are the implications for the equity-focused leader? Beyond the necessity to lead virtually in the moment, how do we move forward, how do we recover, and how should our leadership shift as a result?
It’s (Past) Time to Redesign the Teaching Profession
Katie Kimbrell explores how to address the reality of a rapidly declining and unsatisfied teaching workforce.
Balancing Act: Preserving Children’s Rights in the Digital Age
As policymakers increasingly wade into regulating children’s access to and use of online technologies, the time has come for a national conversation about youth rights in the digital age. Requiring thoughtful content filters and age-appropriate design that encourages digital citizenship will be far more effective in the long run than sweeping restrictions.
It’s Time To Reimagine the K-12 Content Map
By: Antonia Rudenstine. What if the purpose of school were not assimilation, or social reproduction, but liberation? In the spirit of centering the lived experiences, identities, and needs of young people, reDesign is convening 250 content experts across 25 disciplines, with diverse backgrounds, funds of knowledge, perspectives, and geolocations to redefine the “canon” of K-12 content.
Book Review: Digital for Good
Eric Nentrup reviews "Digital for Good: Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World" a book by Richard Culatta, CEO of ISTE.
