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National Academy Foundation Launches Career Ready Certificate
30+ years ago, National Academy Foundation (NAF) was launched to boost high school graduation and career preparation. Since, the movement has grown to 667 career-focused high school academies serving 81,000 students in 38 states, including DC and the US Virgin Islands.
Next Gen Learning in Brooklyn
In the heart of the Brooklyn Tech Triangle, Next Generation Learning Challenge grantee Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School (LAB) is personalizing learning for low-income students.
Always Learning: College Now & Later
A generation ago you went to school until you were 21 and then worked until you were 65; now employability is all about lifelong learning — for the next job, during the next job, and learning to do what you love.
Global Employment Markets Reward Competence & Initiative
The global economy is expanding opportunity for billions but participation demands competence and initiative. Online learning--both formal and informal-- is expanding access to knowledge and skill building.
5 Options Allow GenDIY to Rethink College
Finish high school, go to college, graduate four or five years later and go to work--only it doesn’t work that way very often for Millennials. The GenDIY hack on higher education is a series of solutions that boosts affordability, flexibility, and employability.
Defining Deeper Learning: An Ambitious Attempt
By: Chris Jackson. #cwrachat panelists from The Hewlett Foundation, ReSchool Colorado and Team Getting Smart share and compare deeper learning definitions.
How Smart Cities Develop Teachers & Leaders
How smart cities and a regional approach to talent development can share the load and create an ecosystem that continues to improve. And, how a blended and job-embedded approach to talent development creates the opportunity for personalized learning and ensures highly relevant support for real challenges.
10 EdTech Impact Opportunities
There's never been a better time to make a difference. Trends in learning, opportunities in different categories and new pathways in the shift from web to mobile are providing opportunities to create impact.
Good Work: Incubating Next Gen People
The most important lesson of the three year Smart Cities investigation is that every city needs an innovation agenda and an incubator of talent, tools, and schools like 4.0 Schools.
10 Ways Cities Can Foster a Climate of Improvement and Innovation
A hunch is catching on that ecosystems matter for producing and scaling innovation. This hypothesis is based on two significant threads of evidence—talent and tech ecosystems.