Place Based Education
Entrepreneurship
Equity & Access
How Helping Students Get Comfortable With Failure Can Increase Economic Equity
M. Archbold & R. Harris. Michael and Ron share how equity begins when students face challenges, find resilience and persevere in the face of adversity.
Difference Making
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.
Future of Learning
Is Entrepreneurship the Antidote to Student Anxiety?
By: Dr. Tom Leonard. Entrepreneurship may be the key to empowering students to become agents of change and equipping them to solve problems.
Future of Learning
See it to be it: The power of mentorship and entrepreneurship
By: Kevin Newell. The concept of entrepreneurship can be used as a vehicle for teaching students how to solve challenges and how to see themselves, and their future, in a different way.
Difference Making
Difference Making: New Tech Makes it Easier than Ever
Introducing some of this new tech into high school entrepreneurship courses could teach students the importance of making a difference.
Future of Work
Solving Interesting Problems With an Entrepreneurial Mindset
By: Mason Pashia. As the workplace continues to shift, leadership and agility are becoming necessary for all members of a team. An entrepreneurial mindset consists of many of the most useful skills for the future. And no, it doesn’t mean starting your own company.
Future of Learning
Getting Started with Design Thinking
The Getting Smart Staff has assembled articles, podcasts and case studies to help you and your community get started with design thinking.
Future of Learning
Organizing Your School As A List Of Courses Doesn’t Work for Learners
A list of courses will not help young people (in high school or college) find and begin to make their unique contribution. It’s time to move beyond the historical structures and practices what we inherited in education and start doing the right thing for kids.
Equity & Access
What Happens When We Do School Better?
By: Doris Korda. Doris explains how students in the Columbus City Schools have the option to participate in Options for Success (OFS) to avoid missing out on valuable learning opportunities.
Post-Secondary
Training Engineers to Spot Opportunity and Impact
The KEEN National Conference brings together a diverse group of higher education engineering faculty and leadership to explore how entrepreneurial mindsets can better prepare engineering students for the future of work. Learn more here.