Difference Making

Leadership

Student Leadership: The Ultimate Course for Career and Life Readiness

Michael Niehoff

Jun 17, 2020

Students can address schoolwide challenges while gaining valuable lifelong skills focused on creativity, empathy, entrepreneurism, service, and collaboration.

Earth Day

Difference Making

We Can Never Repay The Earth, But We Can Try

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 22, 2020

This Earth Day, we're reflecting on our duty to the planet: to experience it to its fullest and to face the largest issue of our time head-on.

Difference Making

Why Difference Making is the New Superpower

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 22, 2020

Difference making can be the new superpower when we empower kids to make their own impact on the world.

student podcast

Difference Making

Oaklore: A Student Podcast About Difference Making in Oakland

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 9, 2020

Students in Oakland have launched Oaklore, a student podcast focused on highlighting Oakland's changemakers and cross-generational storytelling.

Project-Based Learning

Empowering Youth to Address Real-World Problems

Guest Author, Matt Piercy

Feb 10, 2020

By: Matt Piercy. Using KIVA as a service-learning project in schools has the capacity to transform students’ lives while impacting the lives of others.

A Powerful Microsoft Education Experience at BETT

EdTech

A Powerful Microsoft Education Experience at BETT

Rachelle Dené Poth

Feb 1, 2020

These are some of the new Microsoft Education updates and features that were promoted at BETT, the largest global edtech conference.

Equity & Access

Getting Clearer: A Contribution Solution

Guest Author

Jan 29, 2020

By: Joanne McEachen and Matthew Kane. Contributive learning helps educational systems focus on what really matters for students, creating equitable academic outcomes.

Greta Thunberg

Difference Making

Difference Making: New Tech Makes it Easier than Ever

Tom Vander Ark

Jan 18, 2020

Introducing some of this new tech into high school entrepreneurship courses could teach students the importance of making a difference.

Difference Making

The Case for Contribution: Why Schools Should Empower Difference Making

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 2, 2019

In the absence of a religious community or as a supplement for encouragement toward the common good, schools can support contribution with great benefit.

Personalized Learning

Service Learning: Designed to Motivate and Inspire

Guest Author

Aug 23, 2019

By: Liz Pitofsky Part of the thrill of facilitating The Service Learning Project (SLP) is seeing the incredibly positive impact on youth of all ages, and there are consistent trends: Students are excited to participate in, but even more so to lead, the process. They are passionate about…

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	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing