Inclusive and Iterative Plan Drives Rhode Island Forward
The story from The Ocean State of the most innovative planning process we’ve seen from a state or district, particularly in regards to inclusion and iteration. And, our historic opportunity to dramatically improve student learning.
Support for Better Schools, Smarter Strategies & Stronger Advocacy
From facilitating the development of an urban school district strategic plan, to advising a major philanthropist on impact investing, first quarter Getting Smart projects focused on better schools, smarter strategies, and more powerful advocacy.
A Year for Digital Learning Improvements
For the fourth time, Digital Learning Now released a report card scoring states against 10 elements of high quality digital learning. The majority of of states made progress on the 2014 report card.
How to Become a Mission-Driven Organization
Want to reconnect with your organization's mission? A good mission helps your organization say YES to the right things and NO to the wrong things. Bonnie explores ideas so that you, and your organization, can put passion behind your organization's mission statement.
Parent-Managed Learner Profiles Will Power Personalization
Online profile management is becoming important in every aspect of life, it’s a new digital literacy competency that every young person must learn to exercise. That starts with empowering students and parents to take charge of education data with a portable learning profile.
The Teenage Brain: Scaffolding the Brain for Lifelong Learning
By: Dr. Frances Jensen. Teenage brains may be hard-wired to take more risks, but it turns out teens are also wired for learning. Dr. Jensen brings us the learning research behind the teenage brain.
EdTech 10: Launches, Reports and Transitions
It has been a big week for reports from Digital Learning Now and Pearson, launches from Knewton and IMS Global, and transitions involving leaders like Heather Staker, and companies like Scholastic.
What is Learning For?
By: Valerie Hannon. Our organized education system is not tapping into the four purposes for human learning according to Valerie Hannon. In this article, she explains these four purposes and advocates for a radical transformation of the current system.
10 Things the Human Resources Department Should Do to Advance Next-Gen Learning
As the learning landscape continues to change for students, teachers, and administrators, it creates new challenges and opportunities for school districts and network support services, especially Human Resources.
Fishtree: Learner Profiles Drive Adaptive Learning
Dublin-based Fishtree combines content from any source and type mode, automatically aligns it to standards, and delivers it on any device in ways unique to each learner based on their learning preferences.