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Da Vinci Schools and Wiseburn Unified campus exterior, a modern facility focused on career-connected, innovative learning.

Career & Technical Ed

Career-Connected Learning: Preparing Students for a Dynamic Future

Feb 19, 2024

A recent gathering from Da Vinci Schools and Transcend highlight the many elements of high quality career-connected learning.

Three students wearing elaborate handmade cardboard robot costumes and wielding cardboard weapons in a classroom

Equity & Access

CHILD: A Microschool Unlocking the Potential for Unique Learners

Maureen O’Shaughnessy

Feb 15, 2024

Children's Institute for Learning Differences (CHILD) is a great example of what it looks like to serve diverse learners.

Diverse educators smiling at a round table during a formal conference luncheon in a large banquet hall.

Equity & Access

Honoring A Legacy of Leaders: The Jeanes Fellowship

Mason Pashia

Feb 12, 2024

The Jeanes Fellowship, an homage to the legacy of Jeanes Teachers in the South, helps educators focus on essential conversations around identity, belonging and justice.

Two students presenting an "Example Student Weekly Schedule" poster in a classroom decorated with colorful paper art.

Difference Making

Values-Driven Learning in Hawai’i Helps Learners Find What They Are SEEQing

Guest Author

Feb 6, 2024

The School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability in Hawai’i connects learners with real-world problems and purpose.

Students and educators in a collaborative discussion around tables with laptops in a modern classroom setting.

Difference Making

One Stone: Forging An Army of Good

Tom Vander Ark

Jan 5, 2024

Last month Teresa Poppen retired as the Executive Director and Ultimate Difference Maker at One Stone.

Speaker on stage at SXSW EDU 2023 conference in front of a colorful blue and yellow branded backdrop.

Leadership

Can’t Miss Education Conferences in 2024

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 2, 2024

Our team is incredibly fortunate to participate in and attend dozens of conferences around the world. Here are some of our favorites.

Diverse group of people facing a glowing AI brain hovering over a city skyline at dusk

EdTech

Innovating with Integrity: Building Trust in an AI-Driven World

Guest Author

Dec 12, 2023

When we design schools that give every individual a human advantage in the age of AI we create a future where technology is enriched with human insight and leadership.

Learning Design

Ten Innovative Educational Programs Awarded Grants to Transform Learning

Maureen O’Shaughnessy

Dec 6, 2023

Getting Smart Collective is thrilled to announce the ten dynamic microschools that have been selected as the recipients of our Big Push For Small Schools grant opportunity.

Five high school students in suits holding a $15,000 prize check from Incubator EDU for their startup "Notifeye.

New Pathways

You’ve Been Notifeyed: How High School Students are Paving the Way to Driver Safety

Guest Author

Dec 5, 2023

As part of the INCubatoredu program, five students worked together to develop Notifeye, a driving awareness tool.

Mr. Glassie and students in front of the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations Headquarters in April 2023 (photo courtesy of Jay Glassie)

Difference Making

Why Focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals in School Is Good for Students, Staff, Families, and the Broader Community

Guest Author

Nov 30, 2023

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.

	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

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