Five Building Blocks in the New Architecture of High Schools
Tom explores how innovative schools intentionally use five learner experience systems to develop and demonstrate competencies.
The New Fundamentals: Tools to Optimize Remote and Blended Learning and How Educators Can Use Them This Year
Global education advisor Giancarlo Brotto explores how edtech is transforming instruction to make learning more visible, accessible, and progressive.
An Opportunity to Disrupt Education for the Better: Lessons From Starting a School in a Pandemic
By: Tom Woelper. The disruptive forces at play in American education due to COVID-19 present challenges, but they also provide an opportunity for us to rethink the educational experience we’re delivering. For a startup school, the pandemic has presented lessons that can be extended to better education for all.
Future Ready: The New Version of School
School leaders have about 90 days to get future ready. For many, it will require four infrastructure decisions and four innovation decisions.
Maker Learning PD in COVID Times: A Transformative Campus-wide Shift in School Culture
By: Mark Barnett & Dr. Michael Johnston. Frankfurt International School and Consilience Education Foundation found a way to combat COVID-19 obstacles and facilitate a blended learning experience of hands on making, innovation, and design.
A Reliable Hybrid Learning Model: Cedar Rapids Schools Respond to Setbacks
By: Eric Nentrup. Superintendent Noreen Bush and the Cedar Rapids Community School District discuss how they managed setbacks over the past year and maintained a mindset to keep moving forward.
ACT’s ScootPad Scoop-Up
Through acquisition of ScootPad, an adaptive learning platform, ACT further expands their footprint as a personalized, competency-based learning organization.
5 Personalized Learning Strategies for the Online Learner
The shift to online learning continues. Here are 5 personalized learning strategies for the online learners.
Smart List: Learning Platforms
The Getting Smart Staff shares an updated non-comprehensive list of platforms.
Eyes on The Horizon: Where Industry and Education Meet
Join panelists at the Horizons annual summit hosted by Jobs For the future to learn what each sector is contributing to the future of education and workforce development.