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Agreement Crafting: The New Work of EdLeaders
It’s a series of agreements that help a school community meet new challenges, adopt new learning models and leverage new partnerships—these are the agreements that EdLeaders should be prepared to make.
Why Global Should Be the Education Movement of 2017
By: Bonnie Lathram and Dave Potter. As we close the year out, we are pondering where we are headed in the field of education in 2017. We challenge you to become a globally connected educator and join us in creating a Smart Planet in the new year.
System Connectors and Shapers in Education Transformations
By: Rosie Clayton. With questions around the design and function of intermediaries and system catalysts in U.S. educational change, I met up with five organizations which play both distinctive and overlapping roles within the system to learn more.
Next Generation School Design
A diverse group of education leaders recently gathered at the Digital Education Show in Dubai for a Getting Smart workshop to discuss best practices around new school design. Here are the results of their work.
Advancing Human Potential: The Power of Personalized Learning
The potential for powerful personalized learning is strong enough that Jim Shelton has made it the central focus of the new Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, which he shared more about in his 2016 iNACOL Symposium keynote.
It Takes a Village: Rebuilding Education Opportunities in NOLA
By: Rosie Clayton. A look at how New Orleans has rebuilt its failing education system in the years after Hurricane Katrina through several innovative school approaches.
5 Levels of Place-Based Learning Implementation
By: Nate McClennen. As we approach the possibility of place-based learning at the center of education, here are five levels of PBE for teachers to review to help guide and characterize its implementation in their classroom.
Novelty & Complexity: 13 Youth Onramps
The world is getting more complex, and globalization makes every sector more competitive. Here are 13 ways teachers can prepare students for the novelty and complexity they will face in a new world.
EdTech 10: Innovation for Equity
To continue the buzz around innovation for equity recently generated at the iNACOL Symposium and Educause conference, this week’s top ten represents innovation in classrooms and campuses across the nation.
6 Starting Points for Place-Based Learning
By: Bernard Bull. Place-based education is an approach to teaching and learning even a single teacher in a traditional school can implement with a little creativity, preparation and persistence. Here are six helpful points to get started.