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Improving Urban Education Options: A Digital Portfolio Approach

Tom Vander Ark

May 22, 2012

There are three key strategies to improving urban schools: bring high expectations to life, create and portfolio of quality options, and phase in personal digital learning

Personalized Learning

Abeo Launches Blended Principal Support Program

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 23, 2012

Washington State school principals have a new web of support this morning. iPLN – The Innovative Principal Leadership Network – is an Abeo Change Network offering professional networking to principals and their school leadership teams.

Personalized Learning

Tony Bryk on Learning to Improve

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 2, 2012

As President the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Tony Bryk is doing applied research across networks his team created with support from a variety of foundations. Tony and team keep asking the networks “What does good look like and how does one go about getting good?”

Leadership

Good Work: Flower Planting & Brand Building

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 20, 2011

Choosing a discipline is the choice of winners. –Michael Tracy and Fred Wiersema The Nike swoosh on so many shoes and clothes has become synonymous with the “Just Do It” attitude. It captures the soul of the youth culture and personifies Nike’s niche. Brands like the Nike swoosh…

Personalized Learning

County Superintendents Consider Innovation

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 12, 2011

ASA County Superintendents meeting in Washington DC was sponsored by the Pearson Foundation. They considered learning tech and school improvement today.

Personalized Learning

Blended Restarts: Everything is Different Now

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 28, 2011

School improvement will remain a challenge, but selectively incorporating online learning into improvement plans can make it easier to staff a struggling school and a strategy for ensuring consistent quality of teaching and learning.

Personalized Learning

Fix v Start

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 4, 2010

The education paradox—radically constrained and empowered with new tools.

Personalized Learning

Flexibility=Failure

Tom Vander Ark

May 24, 2010

Rep Chu and the NEA released a proposal to give free money to failing schools--a bad idea. National Journal carries the debate. My take: SIG should be more not less restrictive if you care about getting low income kids into better educational options ASAP.

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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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