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A Next-Gen School for Every Child
By: Sarah Luchs. At NGLC, we view technology as a valuable tool to support personalized learning at scale. Our motto is: lead with the learning. Because, in a next-gen learning ecosystem, every person, from child to adult, is a learner. We can have a next-gen school for every child.
Funding Students, Options and Achievement
A DLN Smart Series paper that addresses today’s broken school finance system and provides practical design principles that have been tested in policy and in practice on both the state and district level.
Why Parents Should Support Student-Centered Learning
By: Nicholas C. Donohue. Personal stories, practical strategies and a framework for parents navigating the shift to student-centered learning. And, why Nellie Mae has chosen to partner with Getting Smart to tell parent stories in the new book, Smart Parents: Parenting for Powerful Learning.
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.
Education as a Public Good
The emerging vision for learning as a service is requiring more learner and parent decisions than ever. So, with all of the individual choices, how do we protect and advance the public good? The answer to this important question has eight implications for state and local policymakers.
Why Investing in Learning Mindsets Matters
The role that learning mindsets play in academic performance is being researched thanks to groups such as The Raikes Foundation, who is helping to develop and share tools, strategies and best practices to support the development of academic mindsets that foster learning. Studies show students with strong learning mindsets do better in school and are more likely to graduate from college.
DLN Report Card Preview: Seeding Innovation in Ohio
By: Erin Lockett. The Digital Learning Report Card examines each state’s progress in implementing policies that give students access to quality digital learning. Today we're highlighting progress and sharing success stories from Ohio.
EdTech 10: Pilots, Partnerships and Parents
Prepare yourself. This week’s EdTech 10 is brought to you by the letter “P” with announcements from President Obama, news on Podcasts, package deals on games, new research of parent perception by PlayScience, The Post producing new content, and resources for smart parents.
Leveraging Innovative Policy Options for Students
By: Jamey Fitzpatrick. In this Smart Parents series blog, Jamey writes about the role of parents in helping their children successfully navigate online learning options, and shares resources for learning more about supporting students in online learning environments.