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Culture of Readiness + Personalization Boosts Graduation Rates
An initiative in Washington showed huge gains in graduation rates, college ready transcripts and college enrollment through implementation of two key programs.
How Houston Schools Are Making it a Great Global City
Houston is rapidly becoming a great global city. Houston schools are a big part of the success story. So when next month when Superintendent Terry Grier steps down, he should deserve a lot of credit for his contribution to Space City.
Moving PD from Seat-Time to Demonstrated Competency Using Micro-credentials
Micro-credentials are a digital form of certification that indicate when a person has demonstrated competency in a specific skill set. This resource produced by Getting Smart in partnership with BloomBoard, is the essential educators’ guide to implementing powerful professional learning with micro-credentials.
Bloomboard Collections: Leading Off With Student Agency
Leading teacher development platform Bloomboard recently launched Collections of teacher resources. Collections are bite-sized resources that help educators learn how to put theory into practice. The new resource makes it easy for educators to learn, share and discuss solutions to classroom challenges.
Student Surveys: Why They Matter and 5 Key Design Principles of Great Surveys
While there are many important topics to consider when measuring teaching effectiveness, there are five core topics that are particularly important: Pedagogical Effectiveness, Rigorous Expectations, Classroom Climate, Student Engagement, and Teacher-Student Relationships.
What You Need to Know When Developing Micro-Credentials
With over 300 submissions from teachers during the implementation this fall, the Friday Institute has learned many lessons that provide insight for those considering or developing micro-credentials.
Innovative High School Breaks New Ground with Career Education
By: Seth Livingston. Available statewide and tuition-free, Idaho College and Career Readiness Academy provides students exposure to technical and specialty trade skills. They are blazing the path to better career education for virtual high schools, here is the story of one student's’ experience.
17 Teacher Tech Tools for High Quality Project-Based Learning
Teachers can use a variety of tech tools to translate best teaching practices into rich, rigorous high quality projects for their project-based learning classroom.
Using Data Conversations to Accelerate Impact and Improve Outcomes
By: Leo Bialis-White. Data provides hints, not answers. But when brought together with context and conversation, data can become actionable insights that translate into powerful changes for students. As an educator or school leader, here are strategies for fostering a culture that is receptive to data conversations.
6 Reasons You Should Be Doing Digital Storytelling with Your Students
Most likely, you are doing digital storytelling activities in your classroom already. But, if you are not yet convinced of the benefits of digital storytelling, here are the top six reasons why you should be doing digital storytelling activities with your students.