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Future of Learning
The Future of Learning Is…
The world and work are ever-changing and increasingly dynamic, yet the need to prepare students for this world remains constant. And while the future of learning is hard to predict, such predictions are important for informing a path forward.
STEM & Maker
Library 3.0: How 3D Printing is Helping Reshape the Library Into a Lab
By: Lizabeth Arum. 3D printing is transforming today’s libraries into cutting-edge learning hubs and giving communities access to technologies that are impacting such fields as scientific research, architecture, manufacturing, engineering, healthcare and more.
Future of Learning
5 New Teaching Methods Improving Education
For those just getting started in the world of education innovation and improvement, we’ve created this overview of what we feel are five of the most important new teaching methods making a positive impact on students’ learning.
EdTech
10 Tips for Smarter EdTech Purchasing
When a market is growing as quickly as the educational technology industry is, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the volume of competing companies and products. These ten tips can help wade through the options.
Ed Policy
EdReform in the Modern Era
American education reform has been driven by some recurring themes such as early learning, standards-based reform, school autonomy, student engagement and new personalized learning. Here is a short history.
Project-Based Learning
PBL for Equity & Inclusion of Students with Disabilities
By: Ace Parsi. How do we respond to struggling learners, including those with disabilities, when they just can’t seem to get it? The unfortunate fact is that we too often double down on ineffective “skill and drill” approaches that fail to engage them. PBL can help.
Future of Learning
The Future of Skills: Employment in 2030
Pearson's report "The Future of Skills: Employment in 2030" concludes that machines are not a threat to future jobs. However, we think there is more to consider about the future employment landscape.
EdTech
Utilizing Technology to Build Global Learning and SEL
Global learning and social and emotional learning (SEL) are two increasingly important concepts in education. Individually, both of these concepts are terrific--but coupled together they can make for a deeply powerful learning experience for students.
Future of Learning
Accelerating Disruption in Schools
By: Marie Bjerede and Michael Gielniak, Ph.D. Today’s schools continue to be asked to prepare students for jobs, but the jobs have changed. It's time to accelerate the kind of disruption in schools that will change status quo and help students prepare for the future.
Future of Learning
Learning Today. Solving for Tomorrow.
How do we address the urgent need to solve for a rapidly approaching future? To prepare the 3.5 million students who, this year, will receive diplomas that are no longer a predictor of adequate preparation for college or careers?