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Leadership
5 Conditions Necessary for School-Wide Innovation
Many schools rush into innovating without putting the structures in place to support it, and when the dust settles they realize they haven’t made the large-scale impact they were hoping for. Here's how schools can change that.
SEL & Mindset
Empowering Our Students with 21st-Century Skills for Today
By: Dave Ross. In this globally and digitally interconnected world, all learners, from cradle to career, need new skills and knowledge to succeed. Here's how we can empower them with these 21st-Century Skills.
Leadership
Using Student Feedback to (Actually) Drive Change
By: Sachi Takahashi-Rial. Research shows that student perceptions are linked to academic outcomes, and that happy schools can more readily close the achievement gap. Here's how school leaders can gauge student perceptions and improve their school's culture.
Smart Teachers
6 Simple Ways to Become a Better Teacher
By: Lizzie Weakley. Sometimes, the simple little things that we can do on a day-to-day basis are the best ways for us to better ourselves. Here are six of my favorite daily techniques for becoming a better teacher.
Personalized Learning
SOLE: Hacking Today’s Education for the Future
By: Dr. Jeffrey McClellan and Justin Aglio. Self-Organizing Learning Environments (SOLEs) draw on children’s natural curiosity to create a dynamic education space for students to learn, interact and develop critical problem-solving skills.
Leadership
Projects That Learn
If you’re a school or district leader contemplating a transformation effort, consider structuring the change agenda as a leadership development agenda, mixing change management with talent development to create projects that learn.
Leadership
Competitive, Coherent, Creative: The 21st Century School District
It’s time for district leaders to create clarity and coherence by making crystal clear how things are supposed to work. To accomplish that, it’s a good time to reexamine why school districts exist, how they work and what value they add.
Leadership
Teachers Taking Leadership to Drive Positive Change
By: Carly Croman & Priscilla Fischback. Sometimes our assumptions limit what we imagine is possible, which in turn limits growth and potential. Here, we look at some ways that teachers can overcome their limiting beliefs and provide new opportunities to their students.
Future of Learning
Plugging into the New, 21st-Century Vision of Learning
By: Paula Dillon. It’s important to promote collaboration across schools, districts, and even states in order to disseminate promising practices and strategies that can help overcome the obstacles to 21st-century learning. Here's how to start.
Personalized Learning
How Can Families and Communities Support Personalized Learning?
By: iNACOL Staff. It’s time to re-engage families and the community in goals and aspirations for the future of education, and have ongoing conversations to help keep progress moving forward.