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The Four C’s of Student Success
Stephanie Malia Krauss explores how the 4C’s of student success must be pursued with as much attention, passion, and focus as the 4C’s of reopening schools.
Empower Online Learners: Top 10 Pro Tips for Project Design and Delivery
Here's how to empower your online learners though 10 project designs and deliveries.
Cool New Schools
The Getting Smart team explores nine cool new schools that launched this fall which build on place-based opportunities and accelerating real world learning.
5 Steps to Boost Real World Learning in Your System
Would you like to see more real world learning in your community? Tom explores five steps to expand access to high-engagement valuable learning experiences.
Social-Emotional Learning and Whole Child Education: Approaches for Supporting Students’ Learning and Development
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Whole Child Education are two of the most common approaches for cultivating school systems that focus holistically on students’ well-being. How can education leaders best use them to effectively support students’ learning and development?
Microschools: Change on the Fringe or Reshaping the Ecosystem?
Anne Olderog explores the concept of microschools and why they have the power to ultimately influence and reshape the education system.
Living in Beta: One Stone’s Pilot Results Are In
Great pilots are learning experiences and the active data collection informs the next iteration of a program. Learn about the positive results that emerged at all levels from Living in Beta this past spring.
Students as Coauthors of Learning: A Resources Guide
By inviting learners to coauthor experiences we help them build the most important skills and dispositions they’ll need to succeed in a changing world. Tom shares coauthoring resources for project-based learning, teacher tools and competencies, a list of systems that are best in class.
Building a Capstone Program: Rooting Education in the Growing Capacities of Youth
Capstones have the power to create a unique academic identity rooted in learner empowerment, relevance, and authenticity. Aaron Schorn shares the first steps in building a Capstone program.
Five Steps to Embed Growth Mindset Practices into Learning Culture
Creating growth mindsets in learning spaces requires thoughtful and intentional practices. Here are five to explore.