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EdTech
How Achievement First is Creating an Interoperable Ecosystem
Achievement First schools are staffed with operations, logistics and technology teams that enable teaching and learning staff to focus on curriculum development, student outcomes and professional learning. Learn more about their impressive approach here.
Leadership
How to “Pick the Lock”: The Five Secrets to One Stone’s Success
One Stone thrives because it places students at the center. Here, I take a deeper look at the techniques they use to develop and maintain their culture.
Smart Planet
Hot Topics from the Harvard Think Tank on Global Education
By: Erin Dowd. Changing the culture of a classroom or school happens in small steps with intentionality, each day with a shift in motivation from data points to culture to building new habits for ourselves and for our students.
Future of Learning
Measuring What Matters: A Framework Review
This post reviews several whole-student outcome frameworks, particularly those that attempt to describe and measure productive dispositions and habits.
Network Effect
The Power of a Network: Living Bridges Driving Purpose
By: Corey Mohn. What can solve that age-old challenge in education known as "senioritis?" What can increase engagement while better preparing students not just for college, or even career, but for life? This district had a wild idea, and it worked.
Project-Based Learning
How Schools Develop Student Agency
Given the rate of change in the world, helping young people take charge of their own learning is more important than ever. Here, I look at two EdLeaders' thoughts on how schools can help develop this mindset in students.
SEL & Mindset
Better Off with a Benefit Mindset
By: Ash Buchanan. We all know how important learning mindsets are at promoting student performance. But what happens when we think outside the box and consider student’s potential to lead and make a meaningful difference in our world?
Future of Learning
What Educators Can Learn from SpaceX
As I explored SpaceX, the following idea kept entering my mind: Students—ALL students—deserve, need and want to work on real-world challenges and complex problems. Here are three ways educators can start to make that happen.
Leadership
Back-Office Process Innovation Can Impact Performance as Much as Tech Innovation
By: Sara Chou. School districts are drowning in paperwork. Ask most school or district employees what they dread most, and there's a good chance that paperwork will be close to the top of the list for teachers, principals, school site secretaries and district admins.
Leadership
Words of Wisdom To Inspire & Motivate Educators
The end of the school year is quickly approaching, and many of us could use a little motivation to make it across the finish line. Here are some of my favorite words of wisdom from teachers and leaders who help me stay moving.