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Equity & Access
The Biggest Source of Inequity Might Be the Way We Fund Schools
In America, there are several sources of inequities in wealth and income but Tom looks to uncover what might be the biggest source of inequity—school funding.
Leadership
Joanne McEachen on Contributive Learning
Joanne McEachen is joining the podcast this week to have a conversation with Tom about her newest book, The Depthvale Detectives, and the Great Education Crisis.
Leadership
New Film Addresses Mental Health By Challenging Us To ‘Listen’ To Our Youth Voice
Michael discusses a new groundbreaking film being screened by local schools and community groups. It is intended to provoke a critical conversation and make it easier to talk about mental health.
Leadership
A Pivot Within A Pivot: Getting InspirED With Educators to Define and (re)Define Success
By: Jeanine Collins. Jeanine shares how the InspirED Global Fellows pivoted to a virtual program due to the pandemic but they remain focused on prioritizing 21st-century learning.
Future of Learning
The Role of Student Roles
Michael discusses how creating relevant real-world opportunities allows students to enhance their skills, resumes, and portfolios.
Future of Learning
Leaders Are Not the Chief Decider, They Are Decision Architects
Decision making now includes more complexity, more stakeholders, and more agreements needed to be reached. Leaders need better tools and templates to make better decisions yielding coherent and effective change.
Future of Work
Ed Hess on Adapting to the Speed of Change
Tom Vander Ark is joined by Ed Hess to talk hyper-learning — one of the new demands of the 21st-Century workforce.
Future of Learning
Invention Opportunity: Creating a Shared Reality
In the first of the Invention Opportunity series, Tom discusses the importance of shared reality - a necessity of leadership and systems.
Future of Learning
15 Invention Opportunities in Learning
By: Tom Vander Ark. The pandemic quickly shifted modalities and use patterns and resulted in new capabilities and stretched perceptions of possibilities. Tom shares 15 opportunities for invention in learning.
Future of Learning
New Possibilities: The Role of Research in 4.0’s New Normal Fellowship
By: Hassan Hassan. 4.0 has resisted formal research and evaluation for the course of its history on the grounds that it is not accessible to early stage education entrepreneurs. In its latest fund, it is now developing innovative, accessible approaches to research that honor the needs of early-stage founders, especially in the era of COVID-19.