How Design Thinking Is Preparing Young People to Lead
[…] means to empower youth voices, and their overall experience in the Student Voice Working Group. (Dave Simmons Photography) It’s imperative we stop and ask, “are our schools preparing students to address these issues?” It’s painfully obvious that the answer for many schools and classrooms is, “no.” The typical model for schooling (one that hasn’t […]
Ed Leaders: Your Path Out of COVID to a Radically Better Future Is Hiding in Plain Sight
[…] she said. “These are all from our district’s graduate profile. These attributes are more than just a poster, they are how we live. From the district to principals to teachers to the kids—it is all a constant, at every level.” We could not sum up the main headline of this research any better than […]
How Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Reduced Their Failure Rate by over 60%
[…] reports forecasting these student failures and knew that continuing with the status quo wasn’t an option. Working with Wodecki, the two gathered a group of early adopter principals and teachers to begin drafting a strategy to improve chances for student success. “This is one area where we have tangible results — this is tangible […]
How Schools Can Promote Vaccination and Address Hesitancy: A 10-Point Plan that Puts Equity First
[…] from this public health crisis: together. For more see: How to Reopen Schools: A 10-Point Plan Putting Equity at the Center To Reopen, America Needs Laboratory Schools Preparing to Reopen: Six Principles That Put Equity at the Core Reopening Schools: A Scheduling Map for Educators to Plan the Who, What, When, Where, and How […]
Reimagining Charter School Authorizing to Focus on Student Learning and Development
Tom Vander Ark and Eric Tucker highlight seven ways to improve student learning and development.
Why Focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals in School Is Good for Students, Staff, Families, and the Broader Community
Coolidge High School in Washington, DC is using the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as the core of their Redesign journey with DC+XQ and focusing on Action Research, Global Experiences, and Wellness.
TRETC 2024: Revolutionizing Technology and Work
[…] continues to grow, so do the partnering districts who want to be onboarded and supported. TRETC was the kick-off for a two-day professional development with teachers, counselors, principals, Directors of Curriculum, and Superintendents. Participants were engaged from the start of the two-day learning experience as Ed Hidalgo led the session by showcasing how RIASEC […]
The Cognitive Age: Building Brains that Learn Better
[…] training to exploit it?” In other words, if we don’t know what the jobs of the future will be, the role of education has to change from preparing students for a knowable future to preparing them for an unknowable future in which they will have to continually learn and adapt. The late Peter Kline […]
Real World Learning About Sustainability
Rachelle Dené Poth highlights some of the hands on learning students are doing in her classroom to better understand SDGs.
Four Statewide EdTech Rollouts: What Works in Public Education
[…] getting, ask questions about its use, and network together to understand the specifics of the implementation. Following their initial announcement, virtual launch events for curriculum leads and principals across the state were held. The NH DOE has also prioritized continuing to communicate news and updates surrounding this initiative throughout the months leading up to […]