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Alliance For Excellent Education Releases Report to Inform Education Leadership Challenges

The Alliance for Excellent Education released today The Nation's Schools Are Stepping Up to Higher Standards, a report that identifies four key challenges that public school district leaders must systematically address in the next two years and outlines the essential elements for developing a comprehensive digital s...

6 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

Leadership

Student-Centered Learning Need Not Cost Districts More

A new study of the financial implications for public schools embracing student-centered learning (SCL) models reveals that districts don’t need to spend more on these schools if they fund all schools fairly, and then allow schools to make choices about how they use their resources.

6 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

Learning

Summit Preparatory Charter High School Celebrates 10 Years of Success

Summit Preparatory Charter High School, a flagship school in the Summit Public Schools charter management organization serving more than 1,200 students in Silicon Valley, celebrates its 10th anniversary in reminaging the American high school experience this year.

6 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

Leadership

Avoid Hit-or-Miss Professional Development

As a former principal and curriculum director, I can easily tell the difference between good and bad professional development. I’m embarrassed to admit that I have had my hand in delivering some poor quality events in my career. Some of my colleagues refer to past trainings as a “spray and pray” approach to learn...

6 months ago by Guest Author

Learning

Non-cognitive Skills: Bad Name, Really Important

Two recent reports point to the importance of so called non-cognitive skills to success in college and work. A University of Chicago literature review funded by the Lumina and Raikes foundations said, "Students must develop sets of behaviors, skills, attitudes, and strategies that are crucial to academic performance in...

6 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

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Curriculum Associates, LLC, designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screening and assessment tools, and data management resources. We believe that every student deserves the chance to succeed and with our i-Ready™, Ready®, and BRIGANCE® programs, we strive to make this a reality with tools ...

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Smart Cities: New Orleans

A brewstorm (a lightning round of Pabst-powered edu-visions) at Matt Candler's 4.0 Schools last Wednesday was the kind of gathering that could only be held in a handful of cities. New Orleans has always been a creative hotspot, just not in education. When I visited in the spring of 2005, the academic performance, the c...

6 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

EdTech

KnowledgeWorks Releases New Forecast to Regenerate the Learning Ecosystem

KnowledgeWorks released the third edition of its groundbreaking education forecast, which describes where education stakeholders will have greater and easier access to entrepreneurship and capital, where educators will redefine professional roles, and where career pathways will require increased acquired skills and cer...

6 months ago by Getting Smart Staff