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Managing Students for Success: An Intentional Intervention System

Amber Chandler

Aug 1, 2016

It's crucial for educators to intervene when students are not growing either academically, emotionally or socially. Here are three things I recently learned it's important for all of us to consider when employing intentional student intervention systems.

Leadership

How Stanford Took a Cue from Our School in Africa…and Everybody Won

Guest Author

Aug 1, 2016

By: Ryan Findley. Understanding the need to contextualize design thinking for the African context, the African Leadership Academy pioneered the self and cultural awareness design thinking process in African schools.

Personalized Learning

Supporting Student Agency Through Student Led Conferences

Guest Author

Jul 24, 2016

By: Nicole Assisi and Sherre Vernon. With a little bit of systems thinking and strategic instruction around it, Thrive Public Schools is making student agency a schoolwide norm through Student Led Conferences.

Leadership

14 Educators and Resources Pushing for Progress

Emily Liebtag

Jul 22, 2016

Whenever I feel in need of a positive reminder or a little encouragement, here are some of the educators and resources I turn to who continue pushing to make the world a better place.

Leadership

Unleashing Greatness: Barber & Klein Release Playbook for Innovation

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 21, 2016

A new paper from education leaders outlines nine strategies for system level innovations to help spark change in education systems trapped by tradition and paralyzed by layers of policy.

Leadership

5 Organizations Scaling Innovations in Learning Across Africa

Bonnie Lathram

Jul 14, 2016

We live in a time of great opportunity to help spread new schools and new tools to those who need them across the planet. Here are five education organizations to watch as they scale innovations in learning across Africa.

Leadership

Celebrate the Flops (Then They Don’t Hurt So Much): 7 SEL Mindset Tips

Mary Ryerse

Jul 13, 2016

Mistakes are part of the learning process, and when we treat them as such through an SEL mindset, they give us reason to celebrate. Here are seven tips for turning flops back into flips.

EdTech

6 Practices of Thoughtful Leaders

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 12, 2016

Here are examples of thoughtful education leaders creating innovative places where young people can practice consideration, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity in a complex and sometimes overly violent world.

Leadership

10 Lessons in Leading New School Development

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 6, 2016

We surveyed 20 experts and education leaders about the important aspects of new school development, and here are 10 leadership lessons learned they shared to assist with success.

Leadership

Teaching Students Collaboration Skills Using The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Andrew Larson

Jul 4, 2016

At my school, we use one of my favorite books on teamwork to help students understand the necessary components of a functioning team based on a hierarchy of issues teams often face.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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