student voice
Three Steps to Better Engage Higher Education Students
By: Jerry Dilettuso. Despite our best efforts, retention rates at postsecondary educational institutions haven’t markedly improved in more than eight years. Here are three steps for improving higher education student engagement.
Gen Z Students Need Schools That Match Their Dream Big Approach
By: Becky Wallerick. Generation Z is a motivated group used to daily technology use who need schools to meet their "Dream Big" approach to life. Here is how New Life Academy is helping these students tap into their dreams for success.
Getting Smart Podcast | Dropout Prevention: Community, Support and Guidance
October is dedicated to National Dropout Prevention, and in this podcast Laurel Barrette, director of dropout prevention and high school initiatives at K12 Inc., shares ways we can all help keep students engaged and enrolled.
Blended Learning Engagement: Are the Students Paying Attention?
By: Ron Drabkin. OpenEd has K-12 resources assigned to students in a variety of platforms, a unique position that gives its team the ability to share hard-to-find data on how many students are actually engaging with their online assignments.
4 Concentration Activities for Students
By: Riya Sander. Keeping students engaged through an entire day of classes is a struggle many educators face. Here are four fun classroom activities to help boost student focus and participation.
Top 5 Ways Teachers Can Incorporate EdTech into the Classroom
By: Lisa Low. Teachers lives (and classrooms) are becoming increasingly technological. Here are five ways teachers can use EdTech in their classrooms, making the most of new innovations that fit many different teaching styles.
3 Ideas to Make Your School’s First Open House Rock
Open Houses are often the first opportunity we teachers have to get off on the right foot with our new group of students and their parents, so here are three ideas I use to help make our open houses a success.
PhotoBlog | Teton Science Schools & The Power of Place-Based Learning
I recently had the opportunity to visit Teton Science Schools, our partner in Getting Smart’s “Power of Place” campaign. Here are some initial thoughts from the many things I learned, as well as photos of that beautiful part of our country.
Four Classroom Strategies for Integrating Critical Thinking and Kinesthetic Learning
By: Sandra L. Love. Learning is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process, so engage students through movement. Here are four strategies for integrating critical thinking and kinesthetic learning in the classroom.
Choosing Camp Counseling for Career Readiness
By: Olivia Waldron. This summer, instead of taking on the typical office internship, I chose to become a camp counselor and ended up learning many real life skills still applicable to college and career readiness.