Project-Based Learning
Leadership
Learning is Hands On at National Network of Career Academies
The NAF Academy network spans 36 states and brings education, business and community leaders together to ensure today's high school students are college, career and future ready.
Leadership
13 Tips for Students Getting Started with Project-Based Learning
The reality is that today's students are heading into a new economy and a vast technological change. We created this quick start guide for students to encourage them to take action and learn through project-based learning.
Personalized Learning
Beware the Iconography Trap of Personalized Learning: Rigor Matters
By: Betheny Gross. Supporting both rigor and personalization in the classroom is the key to the successful implementation of personalized learning. Here are how some schools are meeting both of these goals.
Uncategorized
8 Campaigns Illuminating the Path Forward
The Getting Smart team studies innovations in learning to understand the path forward and then constructs advocacy campaigns to inform and inspire action. Here are eight of our recent, current and planned thought leadership campaigns.
Leadership
Professional Grade: Magic Happens When Students Own High Standards
High expectations are an important part of a school model, culture and community. Here are several examples of schools and programs that are helping students learn to deliver on professional grade expectations.
Leadership
Where Friday Night Lights Meets Project-Based Learning
By: Grant Ryerse. Participating in a fundraising project for cancer research at my school helps me positively impact my community and myself through project-based learning.
Personalized Learning
It’s a Project-Based World. Let’s Prepare Students for It.
By: Bonnie Lathram, Bob Lenz and Tom Vander Ark. In this paper we discuss the need to provide today's students access to high-quality project-based learning for future success.
Difference Making
Developing Minds Ready for the Innovation Economy
The best preparation to help today's students to succeed in a future innovation economy would be non-routine assignments requiring the application of knowledge to challenging problems--also known as project-based learning.
Leadership
Rethinking High School Graduation Requirements: Project & Microcredentials
The majority of graduation requirements in today's schools have looked similar for over a century. It's time to rethink what today's graduates should know and be able to do, as well as our teaching approach.
EdTech
Educating for Impact in a Project-Based World
By: Jason Swanson. With rapid changes in technology over the next decade, it might turn out that the patterns of disruption that have created a project-based world might also redefine what we mean by "project," changing education strategies.