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Personalized Learning
Teaching Core Values
Bailey Thomson, Director of School Operations for SPARK Schools, spoke at TEDxJohannesburg about the significance of teaching core values to students. Here are SPARKS five core values and what they mean.
Future of Learning
Smart Review | Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today
By: Eric Nentrup. The authors of this book are sounding the alert for the specific types of change that need to occur, and backing it up with research, numbers and influence. Read more here.
Leadership
Getting Smart Podcast | 21 Insights: Adventures in Learning to Lead
In this podcast, Getting Smart team member Adam Kulaas reflects on 21 lessons learned during a decade of leading schools, sharing insights on everything from encouraging student voice to supporting your staff.
Project-Based Learning
Project-Based Learning Q&A
At a recent conference we collected a few questions about project-based learning (PBL) that we didn’t get to address, so here are some solid answers and great examples to keep the conversation going.
Podcasts
Getting Smart Podcast | America’s Edu Power Couple On Balancing Innovation and Execution
Erin Mote and Eric Tucker, co-founders of Brooklyn Lab Charter School, discuss building a durable school that is also future-ready, as well as a customized learning platform from scratch.
Marketing & Communication
10 Tips for Designing High Impact Campaigns
Are you ready to make an impact? Whether it is an idea that you want to explore further, a topic you want to share with the world or a question you want to ask, designing campaigns can be a critical component to growing your impact.
Leadership
3 Innovative Tips For Tackling School Culture
By: Julia Freeland Fisher. Innovation theory can help insights surface around how schools might both measure and change a culture. Here are three tips on culture, process and change inside and outside of education.
Leadership
David Haglund on Lessons Learned in Santa Ana
As he transitions to a new role in a new district, David Haglund shares lessons learned during his time as deputy superintendent and chief academic officer for Santa Ana Unified School District.
Leadership
Your Planning Process Signals What’s Important
Having worked with hundreds of impact organizations, we have found that how you plan may be as important as what you decide.
Podcasts
Creating College Opportunities for Parents and Students
Barriers to getting into, paying for and persisting through college inhibit many students and adults across the country from achieving their dream of graduating from college. Hear from a mother and daughter about their journey to post-secondary education.