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SEL & Mindset
Getting At-Risk Students on a Path to College
By: Dennis Pierce. Guilford County’s early & middle college programs are helping even struggling students graduate with college credit. Here, I look at how their program is designed.
Project-Based Learning
How Schools Develop Student Agency
Given the rate of change in the world, helping young people take charge of their own learning is more important than ever. Here, I look at two EdLeaders' thoughts on how schools can help develop this mindset in students.
EdTech
On the Road to Interoperability with Denver Public Schools
As one of the nation’s largest and most diverse districts, Denver Public Schools faces numerous challenges, not the least of which is its effort to provide schools autonomy in selecting tools and processes while still working towards data interoperability. Learn more here.
Leadership
Creating Reliable Hope in the Face of Rural Poverty
ForwARd Arkansas is taking on learning inequity challenges in rural areas of the state by convening and supporting a group of school districts with the goal of helping every Arkansas student graduate prepared for success in college and the workplace.
Place Based Education
A Literature Class in a Museum: A Place-Based Experience
This multi-authored post shares a number of perspectives on a college literature class on Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and some of their contemporaries, which was taught on-site at the Stowe and Twain house museums in Hartford, Connecticut.
Podcasts
Getting Smart Podcast | AVID: An Integrated Approach to College Readiness
In this podcast, Sandy Husk, CEO of AVID, discusses how this college and career ready system began, and how it helps create college-going cultures in schools through critical teacher professional development.
Post-Secondary
10 Strategies for Strengthening Academic and Social Support
The College Readiness Initiative launched through College Spark Washington has shown promising and informative results. An evaluation of the program suggests these 10 lessons for improving college readiness.
STEM & Maker
Celebrating #EdCorpsWeek: How Student Entrepreneurs Are Contributing
By: Elyse Burden. Somewhere along the way we decided young people could only do what they were taught or told – and they definitely weren’t supposed to be participants in the ‘real world’ until they graduated. Here are three student businesses that are shifting the paradigm.
Leadership
Getting Smart Podcast | Coaching for High Quality Project Based Learning
Andrew Biros, longtime educator and current New Tech Network Coach, joins Getting Smart team member Emily Liebtag to discuss what he feels is essential when it comes to improving PBL practices, and shares some best practices for PBL teaching and learning.
Leadership
A Maine School District’s Approach To Personalized Learning
When districts are considering personalized learning, it's important for them to reflect on their own vision, culture and transparency. I asked RSU-2 Superintendent Bill Zima to share his insight on these three themes for his district's personalized learning journey.