Elevating Women Educators is More Important Than Ever
Women fill the significant majority of teaching roles in schools, yet they hold fewer than a third of superintendent positions nationwide. School districts must enact deliberate programs to develop female leadership pipelines.
Charting the Path for Personalized Learning By Planning Backward
With the growing interest in unpacking learning models and refining teaching and learning frameworks, foundational learning practices are resurfacing in conversations about personalized learning.
The Importance of Amplifying New Voices in Education: Meet the 2023 EALA New Champion
When looking around the education innovation table – who is present? Leaders who center equity, inclusion, and innovation can drive transformative change in education.
Two Developments in Middle Grade Career Exploration
Two-thirds of current high schoolers and graduates say they would have benefited from more career exploration in middle or high school according to ASA research. Here are two innovative approaches to addressing this guidance gap.
From Classroom to Adulthood: The Importance of Talent Development from an Early Age
Instead of focusing solely on passing state assessments, remediating to address gaps, or identifying students for advanced academic programming, schools must become a place where all children can develop their talents.
Project-Based Learning Programs Support Creativity and Entrepreneurship in Specialized Space
Project-based education takes a distinct approach to teaching and learning that encourages hands-on, interactive experiences. Forest Hills School District supports multiple project-based programs that are successfully utilizing a renovated space that was designed specifically for this type of curriculum.
Tacoma Adding More Personalized Learning Opportunities
Rebecca Midles shares how Tacoma Public Schools has taken a collaborative approach to developing its choice schools, working with teachers, parents, and community members to create schools that reflect the needs and interests of the local community.
Recording Arts as Reengagement, Social Justice and Pathway
David “TC” Ellis dreamed about a new kind of high school that would reengage learners through musicology and alongside colleagues opened the High School for Recording Arts in 1998. Getting Smart staff shares more on this journey.
E.A.R.N. The Right: Empowering At-Risk Youth with Opportunity
Antonio Boyd sits with Joe Sicilio, Coach Joe and founder of EARN the Right, for a Q&A about the program.
A Transformative School Year with AI
Rachelle Dené Poth shares educator and student thoughts on how emerging tech like AI has impacted their school year.