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Shauntel Garvey on EdTech Impact Investing
On this week's episode of the Getting Smart podcast, Tom sits down with Shauntel Garvey to discuss impact investing and edtech.
A Question of Trust: The Arcadia Unified Better Together Project
By: Arcadia Unified School District. AUSD shares how a partnership with Altitude Learning and the University of California San Diego began to rigorously examine key levers for transformational change.
Building the Car While We’re Driving It: Lessons Learned and Back-to-School Priorities in Four Districts
By: Nate Kellogg and Lauren Schwartze. The Strategy Lab, The Learning Accelerator (TLA), and Bellwether Education Partners are working in partnership to support and learn from districts amid this uniquely difficult back-to-school season.
Supporting Statewide Change Through New Models For Remote Education
By: Tom Vander Ark & Devin Vodicka. During this pandemic, learning is taking new forms and it's important to seize the moment to introduce entirely new models for learning that are capable of achieving equitable outcomes.
Supporting Statewide Change Through Virtual Course Access Models
Devin and Tom discuss how states can use virtual learning opportunities to reach all students.
Supporting Statewide Change Through Microgrants to Families
By: Tom Vander Ark & Devin Vodicka. In the first of a short series, Tom Vander Ark and Devin Vodicka discuss how microgrants can allow families more agency to provide and make decisions that's best for them and their children.
3 Ways Leaders Can Create The Conditions for Deeper Learning
Leaders are charged with creating the learning culture and environment that is conducive to deeper learning. Three areas to begin with are how we start school, how we share student work and how we culminate the year.
A Path to Higher Education and Employment for Refugees
Dr. Chrystina Russell, the Executive Director of Global Education Movement (GEM), shares SNHU’s commitment to serving refugees with a flexible, free, applied degree pathway.
Scaling Active Learning: Professional Development Was Key to the El Paso Transformation
By: Shannon Buerk. In the fourth blog in a series on El Paso Independent School District, Shannon describes the important role that professional learning played in the district's transformation.
Mastery Learning in Action
Mastery Learning in Action, a paper recently published by the Mastery Transcript Consortium, offers a comparative structure based on visits and interview from five of its member schools.