principals
Leadership
Creating Strong Staff Culture with Hrag Hamalian
No matter whether you're in a school, district, non-profit or EdTech company, a strong culture is going to be one of the key drivers of your success. And while it may seem simple, diving deep with a dedicated effort takes effort and planning.
Leadership
Takeaways from the 2017 Blended and Personalized Learning Conference
The Blended and Personalized Learning Conference today released a report highlighting key strategies for refining and enriching innovative ways to practice student-centered teaching and learning at the district, school and classroom level.
SEL & Mindset
Is Bullying an Issue at Your School? Find Out By Asking Students.
By: Hannah Bartlebaugh. Understanding the most common reasons that students believe they are being targeted for bullying can help educators guide conversations and interventions.
EdTech
10 Tips for Smarter EdTech Purchasing
When a market is growing as quickly as the educational technology industry is, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the volume of competing companies and products. These ten tips can help wade through the options.
Personalized Learning
Silicon Schools Reflects on Five Years of Personalized Learning
Silicon Schools recently released a read-worthy report on the progress they’ve seen and lessons they’ve learned since their journey in personalizing learning began five years ago. Here's our overview.
Leadership
An Assessment for Change: “Is It Best for Kids?”
Even having a clear goal--the improvement of education for all students--does not mean that change will always be easy. Here are six lessons I have learned through difficult, messy and at times painful opportunities to deliver change.
Smart Work
The Road to Solutions
Over the last month, our family vehicle has been having issues. The battery died once, we gave it a jump and didn’t think about it again. Two weeks later, it would not start again. Here's what we learned about solving problems through the process.
EdTech
Dynamic Master Scheduling for Student Success
It's the 21st Century, so how could technology help simplify the complex and time-consuming task of master scheduling? Edtech startup Abl is offering school leaders a new and innovative option.
Leadership
5 Conditions Necessary for School-Wide Innovation
Many schools rush into innovating without putting the structures in place to support it, and when the dust settles they realize they haven’t made the large-scale impact they were hoping for. Here's how schools can change that.
Leadership
Using Student Feedback to (Actually) Drive Change
By: Sachi Takahashi-Rial. Research shows that student perceptions are linked to academic outcomes, and that happy schools can more readily close the achievement gap. Here's how school leaders can gauge student perceptions and improve their school's culture.