Posts by Tom Vander Ark
The Two Most Important Things We Don’t Teach
Climate crisis and artificial intelligence (AI) will shape the next decade. Listed are ways to ensure that students don't leave high school and college without having considered either.
Equipping Youth to Change the World
Next-generation learning is learning that combines personalized learning sprints with impact projects. The Knowledge Society is using this learning style and helping students shape the future.
What’s the EdTech Vaccine? 10 Design Principles
There are 10 design shifts that represent an opportunity in learner experience and supporting learning tools that can improve the life trajectories of billions.
Five Mega Trends Reshaping Global Learning
Imagine school as a series of community-connected projects and skill sprints that develop leadership, collaboration and problem solving skills. Imagine a web of supports that help you make the kind of contribution you’re capable of making. Visit an innovative new school like Purdue Polytechnic High School in Indianapolis,…
How Portable Learning Records Will Unlock Education And Employment Opportunities
Comprehensive learner records have the ability to help students, teachers, and guardians track progress, coordinate services, and make informed decisions.
Guidance Gap: The Biggest Challenge We Face and How to Close It
The dynamic employment market and expanding array of high school and postsecondary learning options make advisory services mission critical. A look at the growing guidance gap and why it's crucial we work to close it.
Pharrell Launches Whole Child Nonprofit to Even the Odds
YELLOW is building data-driven, meaningful, and future-forward assessment tools to help advance the art of teaching as a system.
Invention Opportunity In Early Learning And Development
Listed are ten invention opportunities in early learning and development that could reignite an equitable start in life and long-term economic mobility.
The Opportunity for Personalized and Local Guidance
By: R. Caruthers R. Midles & T. Vanderark. Guidance on the next steps in learning and postsecondary planning can equally be tailored to each learner and their context.
Digital Credentials: A Better Way to Capture and Communicate Learning
There is an invention opportunity to better credential units of learning. Listed are six opportunities to better capture and communicate learning.