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Early Learning
Activating Our Passport to Early Learning Education
Ashley Ranan explores the need to innovate early learning education and a company with a mission to offer children the best start possible for at-home learning.
Future of Learning
How Design Thinking Transforms Communities, One Project at a Time
Kyle Wagner and Maggie Favretti explore the What Ifs to the What Happens When in education and how design thinking can transform communities.
Equity & Access
Afterschool Programs: Serving as Centers for Support, Access, and Equity
Antonio Boyd shares why afterschool programs serve as centers for support, access and equity.
Place Based Education
Learning In Community–What Does it Look Like?
When we reimagine how learning can happen throughout communities, a world of opportunities are unlocked. Randy Fielding shares how and where to start.
STEM & Maker
Code Day: How to Build Creative, Collaborative, Computer Programmers in less than 24 hours
Elio Grieco shares how to build creative, collaborative, computer programmers in less than 24 hours.
SEL & Mindset
The Benefits of Play-Based Learning For All Ages
Play-based learning is key in addressing feelings of loneliness, vulnerability, social deprivation, isolation and trauma. Michael Niehoff shares a list of helpful tips for planning and prioritizing play for parents and families.
Ed Policy
Let’s Not Return to School, Let’s Move Beyond It
Tony Jackson and Jordan Shapiro explores how we must reframe education policies for a more equitable future for all children.
Future of Learning
Leading Together Toward Healthy Learning
Mark David Milliron, Suzanne Elise Walsh, and Richard Rhodes detail a new Center for Healthy Learning that will lead in assembling a robust community of practice in education.
Difference Making
Town Hall Recap: Difference Making and Purpose-Based Learning
On the latest Getting Smart Town Hall, we covered purpose-based learning experiences for the one year bookiversary of Difference Making.
Personalized Learning
How to Build Meaningful Learning Experiences While Tutoring Online: Tips from Online ESL Teachers
To ensure that tutoring drives equity, potential tutors should ensure that their practice is backed by research, guided by frameworks and aligned to districts or wider learning plans. Here are five tips from online ESL teachers.