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Design Thinking For School Marketing: Empathize With Your Community

Mason Pashia

Oct 30, 2019

Empathy is the first step in the design thinking framework. It’s a crucial part of the successful marketing of your school.

Future of Learning

Schools That Get Outside and Empathize

Guest Author

Jun 22, 2019

By: Andrew Marinopoulos. Looking for a way to positively shift the culture of your learning community? Join Andrew as he highlights the importance of an empathetic approach to refreshing your mission.

EdTech

Communicating Across Generations

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 27, 2015

Boomers, Millennials, Gen Xers and the Greatest Generation... Which generation are you trying to reach? More than one I bet. How to communicate across generations to ensure that your message is received, appreciated and acted on.

Personalized Learning

Rebuilding Orderly Communities

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 13, 2012

Building great schools is a big challenge. Great schools can counter many of the crippling effects of poverty. However, rebuilding orderly communities is a critical parallel activity that we must take on. David Brooks recently argued that “Social repair requires sociological thinking,” and that “Building organizations and structures that…

Leadership

Good Work: Living in Community

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 11, 2011

You have been given a community to nurture and be nurtured by. -Rev. Mike McIntosh An anniversary like today makes me think about diverse communities living together. A few years back I went to a school board convention in San Francisco and on the way back to my hotel…

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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