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Competency-Based Education Can Better Inform Parents, Students & Teachers
By: Karla Phillips and Carri Schneider. Competency-based systems create a more transparent, complete, and accurate picture of student achievement than the traditional time-based and cohort-based system.
7 Ways to Boost Your K-8 Math Program
By: Caralee Adams. School leaders in a rapidly improving school district with a high-poverty population share what has worked in their schools to boost math performance district-wide among K–8 students.
Data is Great, but Action is Key
By: Dr. James E. McCoy. As a superintendent, I need to empower principals and teachers with technology to successfully execute our educational development plan while meeting all standards. Here is how my district plans to do both this school year.
Smart Review | Education App Gets Kids AND Parents Engaged in Learning
Our staff tested out the new mobile learning app Epic Heroes of Knowledge, which gets both children and parent engaged in learning fun through traditional and non-academic subjects.
The Power of Reading Practice on Student Achievement
By: Eric Stickney. Drilling into data on daily independent reading practice and achievement gathered from millions of students allowed us to identify several ways that reading practice really has a positive impact on student achievement.
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.
Supporting Student Agency Through Student Led Conferences
By: Nicole Assisi and Sherre Vernon. With a little bit of systems thinking and strategic instruction around it, Thrive Public Schools is making student agency a schoolwide norm through Student Led Conferences.
6 EdTech Tools for Modernizing Assessment
By: Jayme Cook. Contemporary education trends are heading toward more individualistic assessment approaches. Here are six edtech tools that can help educators align assessments with this trend.
Infographic | Why It Is Imperative to Assess Social Emotional Learning
By: Jonathan E. Martin and Jeremy Burrus. Helping students develop noncognitive strengths is something nearly every teacher addresses daily. This infographic explains more on why it is so important for educators to assess social emotional learning in schools.
Getting Smart Podcast | Schools Can (and Should) Measure Noncognitive Skills
In this podcast, Megan and Cat speak with expert Jonathan Martin about the importance of schools measuring students' noncognitive skills, and answer some of the FAQs around the benefits of doing so for schools and students.