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Leadership
Filling the Gaps: Staffing Teachers After the Great Resignation
Financial support, streamlining credential processes and earn-and-learn programs are all powerful tools in cultivating a new, stronger pool of teachers.
New Pathways
Experiencing Success In What’s Next: The Six Pillars of New Pathways
The recent Getting Smart Town Hall unpacked our latest campaign, New Pathways and discussed the six defining pillars.
Place Based Education
How to Design a Learning Commons
Learning in a multipurpose space can be a challenge if the space is not designed properly. In this article, we shed light on six crucial design elements for creating learning commons where students thrive.
Ed3
Data Science for Everyone
There are enough resources available that make it easier for educators to get started with incorporating data Science in the classroom.
New Pathways
Launching New School Models in Phoenix
In the summer of 2021, ASU approved ASU Prep Pilgrim Rest as the 11th school within the ASU Prep Phoenix-based network and is designed to serve the historically Black, and now mostly Latinx neighborhoods southeast of downtown Phoenix.
Learner-Centered
A New Spin on Education: Cognitive Capacity for an Uncertain Future
When students struggle with learning, the problem is often not a matter of curriculum and instruction. Here is why cognitive training matters.
Equity & Access
Building Safety and Connection in Schools
How can we build more safety and connection within our schools? Kyle Wagner shares five ideas, from low to high risk, on how to amplify students’ answers to the question.
New Pathways
Personalized High School Pathways
Gem Prep launched personalized grade 10-14 student-led pathways that encourage students to choose a career direction and request funding to take the first steps toward that career.
New Pathways
New Small Community Based Schools Have Big Implications
Gem Prep is launching several microschools called Learning Societies across Idaho that will be using their online schools curriculum, with experienced parents running the sites at locations including churches, homes, and business office space.
EdTech
Tech Can’t Teach but it Can Help with Feedback
The pandemic illustrated that technology cannot replace teaching. Still, when it comes to formative assessment, a proven instructional method, there’s a lot tech can do to aid teachers and help accelerate learning.