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On Beautiful Shared Places
We recently created a list of the most pressing issues of our time, and beautiful shared places kept appearing. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at a dialogue with our team and Getting Smart friends about why there is a need for these in our world.
8 Trends Improving Student Options In Online Learning
It's National Online Learning Day, so in celebration let's take a look back at how far we've come and eight trends we're seeing in online learning today.
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know Your Makerspace Needs
Many makerspace components are commonly known. Here are 10 ideas for useful materials that might surprise you.
Creating Tomorrow’s Moonshot Thinkers
By: Justin Aglio and Esther Wojcicki. Students in the Montour School District will enter an exciting new school building this year focused on "creating a culture of moonshot thinkers.”
Global Education For All
By: India Hui. Thrival Academy offers study abroad and global education to students from all backgrounds, particularly students from underserved communities, to open their minds to the many possibilities for their lives they may have never even considered before.
8 Things to Look For in a Student-Centered Learning Environment
From years of teaching in the classroom and countless school visits and interactions with excellent educators worldwide, I’ve created a list of things I commonly observe in great student-centered learning environments. Here are eight that stand out.
Personalizing Learning Spaces
Educators and students alike spend around 40 +/- hours a week in their learning spaces, so why not add personal touches and be inspired by the walls and halls around you? It may have a bigger impact than you'd think.
Building the Future: Designing With Purpose
Change is hard, and change is personal. If you and your team have determined that change is needed to design learning experiences that prepare students for the future, what steps do you take? Here's our process.
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.
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.