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A Back-To-School Toolkit For a Learner-Centered Culture

Aug 8, 2017

It's back-to-school time, and this toolkit from KnowledgeWorks provides tools to help education leaders get their school and their community ready to sustain a learner-centered culture year-round.

Leadership

Let’s Put Personalized Learning In Its Proper Place

Guest Author

Aug 4, 2017

By: Andy Calkins. The goals of next gen, learner-centered, personalized education can--and need--to be expressed simply, powerfully and memorably. How can we do that without reducing them to an oversimplified, prescriptive recipe?

Future of Learning

Key To Prep: The Science of Teams

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 27, 2017

As managing projects and working in teams becomes a priority learning outcome in schools, it's important to understand several important group dynamics that can ensure a team is successful.

Future of Learning

Getting Smart Podcast | Learning Anywhere, Anytime: Things Are About to Get Interesting

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 25, 2017

In this episode of the podcast, Katie King of KnowledgeWorks interviews Tom Vander Ark about EdReform, EdTech, EdLeaders and what learning will look like a decade from now.

Project-Based Learning

3 Ways to Prepare Educators to Teach PBL

Guest Author

Jul 24, 2017

By: Dr. Art Fessler. For project-based learning to reach its full potential, teachers must learn to step back and be facilitators in the classroom. Here are my three best practices as a superintendent to effectively support educators in a PBL environment.

Project-Based Learning

Deeper Learning: What We Know So Far

Emily Liebtag

Jul 21, 2017

Teaching that focuses on the development of the six deeper learning competencies yields increased graduation rates, more engaged thinkers, and increased equitability in opportunities to access high-quality learning experiences. Learn more here.

Leadership

Lean School District: 12 Service Delivery Opportunities

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 20, 2017

How can school district leaders get in front of declining budgets to give their schools the best chance to be successful? Here are 12 school district functional areas where there are usually opportunities to boost efficiency and effectiveness.

Leadership

100 Education Hashtags for Teachers and EdLeaders

Erik Day

Jul 19, 2017

Hashtags can help you take part in important conversations and make valuable connections whether you’re a teacher, principal or superintendent. Here are 100 of our favorites.

Place Based Education

Getting Smart Podcast | Improving Learner Experience: Agency, Community, Challenge

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 18, 2017

Nate McClennen of Teton Science Schools and Neva Geisler of student-led One Stone school take you on a walking tour of downtown Boise while discussing place-based education, learner experience and the power of community connections.

Smart Lists

Smart List | 40 Ways to Learn Almost Anything

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 14, 2017

Where do you go when you want to learn something, but it’s not a simple question that Google will be able to quickly answer for you? These 40 free resources are a good place to start.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
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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