Schools Worth Visiting
10 XQ Super Schools Announced: Leading the Way in Rethinking High School
The XQ team invited schools across the nation to engage in a Discover-Design-Develop challenge. After several phases that processed over 700 applications, these 10 Super Schools were announced as the challenge winners.
Batch of One: How AI & Robots Will Bring Manufacturing Home to the U.S.
The age of smart local manufacturing is just around the corner, and today's students will need to be prepared. Here are next steps for educators to provide manufacturing and coding pathways for their future career success.
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.
Huntley Blend Provides Support & Flexibility
Huntley Community School District 158 has implemented several innovations in its schools, including its high school blended learning program that offers students control over the time, place and pace at which they work.
International Educators Encourage Collaborative Teaching
Tim Stuart and a dozen other international education leaders collaborated on his latest book, Global Perspectives: Professional Learning Communities at Work in International Schools, which centers on the concept of Professional Learning Communities.
8 Learning Platform Observations, 8 Startup Signals
What does the platform revolution mean for learning? After reviewing K-12, HigherEd, corporate and professional learning platforms, here are eight observations and eight trends spotted.
20 Schools and Networks That Educate With A Sense of Place
An illustrative list of 20 U.S. schools implementing Place-Based Education by taking advantage of local geography to create authentic, meaningful and engaging personalized learning for students.
Learn Your Way: CK-12 Adds Free Sims and Interactive
CK-12, an open resource nonprofit launched in 2007 by Neeru Khosla to “enable everyone to learn in his or her own way,” continues to innovate with new simulations and interactives released just in time for the new school year.
Welcome to the Unclassroom
By: Dr. Jan Rashid. Have you heard of unconferences? Here’s how our school district is using flexible learning spaces and 24/7 access to digital content to create unclassrooms--the ever-evolving classrooms of the future.
Catalyzing Mastery-Based Learning: NYC’s Mastery Collaborative
As part of my NYC Mastering Mastery-Based Learning tour series, this blog discusses how the NYC Department of Education created the Mastery Collaborative to support schools ready to take on the new frontier of mastery-based learning.