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Breaking Down Silos: eLo Enables Expanded Learning Opportunities
By: Kip Pygman. Three Illinois suburban school districts recently launched the Expanding Learning Opportunities Consortium (eLo). The new partnership is breaking down the silos that commonly exist across educational institutions to leverage the collective talents of teacher leaders to serve students.
The Path Forward: Broader Aims, Better Measures, Supported Educators
Over the last 90 days we’ve considered many of the big issues facing US K-12 in these 30 posts.
11 Tips for a Top-Class Webinar
Virtual broadcast, online seminar, professional development opportunity. These are all ways to describe what we know as a webinar. Follow these 11 tips to help make sure your next webinar is engaging and impactful.
4 Lessons For Today’s Education Leaders
By: Karen Cator. Digital Promise's League of Innovative Schools is working to close the Digital Learning Gap by designing new ways to engage students in deeper learning experiences. When selecting schools and districts for participation, strong leadership was a "must-have" criterion.
Family, Teacher Comms 101: 4 Simple Ways To Build Better Relationships With Your Child’s Teachers
By Jenna Kleine: As part of our Smart Parents series, Jenna, who works with families and teachers in her role at Class Dojo, writes about ways to streamline the communication between schools and families.
How Pittsburgh Created An Innovation Hub For Learning
By: Gregg Behr. Foundations in Pittsburgh asked, "Can we build a region-wide learning network that expands opportunities for kids to learn anytime, anywhere?" Millions have been invested over the past decade to nurture a new model built on the themes of “cluster development” and the structures that makes innovation happen.
EdTech 10: Season’s In Full Swing
This week we recognized all-stars with the CODiEs and DILAs, dove deep into the future of assessment, and whether it was state policy, coding awareness, or new acquisitions, we arrived in spring with welcomed inspiration and hope for the year ahead.
Leaders Learning Deeply with the Leadership in Blended Learning and Fuse RI
By: Beth Rabbitt. As part of our Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning series, Beth talks about the work being done in Rhode Island to prepare principals. She describes two recently launched programs, Fuse RI and Leadership in Blending Learning (LBL) that are creating personalized professional development opportunities for education leaders.
80 EdLeaders at the ASU+GSV Summit
A talented group of advocates, educators, entrepreneurs, and investors gathered in Scottsdale this week at the ASU+GSV Summit. Like many attendees we didn’t get to many sessions but we did meet a lot of people in the lobby.
Schools That Can Is 15 Cities Strong, Planning May Conference
Tom talks with Michael Druckman, Executive Chair and Stephanie Whited, Director of Communications & Marketing of Schools That Can, and Jennifer Husbands, Executive Director of Schools That Can Chicago to talk about Schools That Can's upcoming 10th Annual Forum in LA.