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Back to Basics: Creating Equitable Learning Environments

Guest Author

May 2, 2016

By: Meg Van Voorhis. Creating and sustaining a successful and equitable learning environment for students means starting with these three things.

Leadership

Transforming Schools Through Strengths-Based PD

Guest Author

Apr 28, 2016

By: Laura McBain. What would professional development look like for teachers if we focused on our greatest strengths as opposed to our greatest deficits? Here's an example of changing the mindset and practices of one school by doing just that.

Leadership

5 Strategies for Fostering Independence in a PBL Classroom

Guest Author

Apr 28, 2016

By: James Fester. In order to be successful in the 21st century world, students must learn to manage themselves and work effectively with groups of peers. A middle school teacher shares 5 strategies for creating student independence in a project-based learning classroom.

EdTech

EdTech 10: Dollars, Deals and Developments

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 27, 2016

This week’s EdTech 10 is overflowing with news of dollars, deals and developments in EdTech, as well as new resources for policy and practice.

EdTech

Measuring and Recognizing What Matters at Work

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 26, 2016

As educators think about what to measure and display using leaderboards, we can look to our business contemporaries for possible types of recognition systems.

Personalized Learning

6 Ways to Design a PD Session that Tackles Big School Challenge

Guest Author

Apr 25, 2016

By: Margaret Powers. A teacher shares more on how to plan a teacher PD workshop to help educators create their own schoolwide innovation cultures during the 2016 SXSWedu Ready Go! Summit.

Leadership

Closing the Achievement Gap Requires Closing the Gap Between Schools and Central Offices

Guest Author

Apr 19, 2016

By: Max Silverman. Closing the achievement gap means changing the relationship between central offices and schools. Here are exemplars as well as potential solutions, including a new model of central office and school collaboration.

Personalized Learning

Leaderboards: Learning Lessons From Research & Gamification

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 18, 2016

While more research needs to be done to support leaderboard use in educational settings, for now there is promise in using the gamification process to support student engagement and academic growth.

EdTech

Refocusing Assessment on Teaching and Learning

Jessica Slusser

Apr 15, 2016

Jessica recently had a chance to sit down with Ken Tam, executive director of personalized learning at Curriculum Associates, to get his thoughts on assessment and where it is headed in the future.

EdTech

Getting to Know Stuart Udell: Q&A with New K12 Inc CEO

Megan

Apr 15, 2016

Megan has a Q&A with Stuart Udell, K12 Inc.'s new CEO, and they discuss his thoughts on several topics including dropout prevention, online learning and his future plans for K12.

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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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