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Moving Faster Toward New School Models
The most important innovations in learning today are where smart teams and developing new tools and schools simultaneously -- like at Summit Public Schools. A new report from NewSchools Venture Fund outlines the path toward more innovative new school models.
3 Tips for Accelerating Innovation in an Historically Traditional District
We need to introduce new core values, partnerships, and innovative practices within our learning communities. Without this way of thinking, we will not properly educate one of our most capable and connected generations. Here are three strategies to support accelerating innovation.
A Reflection on the Field of Competency Education
By: Chris Sturgis. In perhaps the year's best blog on competency education, we examine the expansion of CompetencyEd, progress by leading organizations, the greatest weakness currently in the field and current Issues going forward.
15 Content Recycling Strategies to Extend Your Impact
Whether you’re a teacher blogger, a district or university CIO, a or an EdTech executive you should be creating and sharing great content to build your brand and extend your impact. Here are five content creation gems and 15 content recycling tips to extend your impact.
Support for Teachers in a Competency Education School
By: Brian Stack. Principal of Sanborn Regional High School in Kingston, NH, shares how he is working to prepare and support teachers with meaning learning opportunities that support students in Sanborn's shift to competency education.
Horizontal Professional Development: Teachers Teaching Teachers to Develop 21st Century Competencies
By: Linda Hipper - Teachers teaching teachers and using professional development to prepare students with 21st century skills.
How School Districts Work
School districts have a theory of action but often can’t express it. Naming the theories in use is key to designing a system that serves a community well.
How Districts and Charters Shape Local Strategies for Next-Gen Learning
By: Sarah Luchs. This article outlines innovative approaches by regional hubs for innovation, including the benefits and challenges of systems-based strategies and school-based innovation for creating next-gen schools.
Why San Francisco’s Blended, Early Literacy Program is Working
By: Rachel Norris. Big changes are taking place in San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). The district spent the past year implementing a blended, early literacy program that engages the community, including low-income students.
Naming the Theories in Use
While at #PS2015, a graduate student at BYU asked me, "What other theories are being applied in education?" That may be the best question of the year and one that every school and district leadership team should ask themselves.