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Leadership
The Skills Students Need to Survive and Thrive
By: Gayle Allen. How one principal is addressing the growing skills gap and 9 skills students need in what is becoming an increasingly uncertain job market.
Series
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.
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How Not to Get Fired Implementing Next Gen Learning
It can be very complicated implementing next gen models. In fact, the work is challenging enough that it's introducing new ways for principals and superintendents to get fired.
EdTech
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.
Personalized Learning
Rand Study Says Personalized Learning Boosts Academic Gains
A Gates Foundation funded report indicated that public charter school students are making greater gains in math and reading than similar students at comparable schools.
Personalized Learning
If Online Courses Support Personalized Learning, Then Why Aren’t We Using Them?
We say that we want students to own their education, to be invested in what and why they are learning, but are we realistically putting them in a position to want to learn? Online courses provide an opportunity for schools across the country to offer a larger variety of courses with expert teachers.
Personalized Learning
Photoblog | Getting Smart at #iNACOL14 Day 2
Photos from Team Getting Smart at Day two iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium (#iNACOL14), that brought together 2,500 experts and educational leaders.
Personalized Learning
10 Ways to Personalize Learning
By: Adisack Nhouyvanisvong. Personalized learning is an educational approach where the student drives their own learning. Here are 10 tips to help educators personalize learning for students.
Personalized Learning
12 Reasons Every District Should Open a Flex School
Using a flex model, every community can afford to have a great high school. Every community should have a flex option that provides a fully supported individualized pathways to graduation. Every community should use a flex model to leverage local resources and meet specific needs. Every district should open a flex model so that everyone can visit and experience the future of education.
Leadership
Next Gen Principal Prep: Blended, Personalized, Competency-based
It’s time to rethink leadership preparation in education. The linear model is obsolete, expensive, and time consuming. It’s time for new pathways and new partnerships that prepare leaders for the schools our young people deserve. New models of preparation must be about matching leadership to the next generation environment where they will serve.