Growth Mindset is More than a Colorful Bulletin Board
[…] Invites Change Embedding a growth mindset approach within a learning model sets up a system to embrace and encourage learning growth. Choosing challenging work is considered ‘ smart’ and this becomes a norm for learning. A growth mindset culture also sets the stage for larger efforts of systemic change and can be a great […]
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An Education Journey: A Q&A with Rachelle Dené Poth
[…] I also loved animals and thought that maybe I might choose a career that involved working with animals. Helping others is something that I learned from my parents and I always sought opportunities where I could help others in any way that I could. What led you to the world of education and how […]
Start Smart: Resuming Learning After COVID Learning Loss
[…] 50 states, I knew it was imperative to prepare educators with an overarching picture of an instructional model for school reopening. We released a report called Start Smart: Reopening School After COVID Learning Loss that breaks down three key concepts: social-emotional learning (SEL) and an equity focus are at the heart of learning, a Universal […]
Strategies for Fostering a Productive Distance Learning Experience
[…] work to ensure that this year’s distance learning experience is rigorous, relevant, and has strong relationships at the core. For more, see: ACT’s Next Act: Mosaic The Role of Student Roles Leaders Are Not the Chief Decider, They Are Decision Architects Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update.
Your School Has Left the Building
[…] of participating families increases together with a more extensive and more diverse pool of instructional, employment, guidance, recreational, and well–being services, coordination becomes more critical and complex. Smart distributed information flows can allow our new system to self–organize rather than trip over itself. Within the old school silo, we could take information flows for […]
The Opportunity for Personalized and Local Guidance
[…] personalized pathways and transition to a wider range of valuable postsecondary experiences. Sustained relationships are the most important aspect of advisory systems. They can be informed by smart systems in five categories–starting early, personalized and localized pathways, adding entrepreneurship, and promoting progress–and each represents an invention opportunity for new tools and strategies. 1. Start […]
A Reliable Hybrid Learning Model: Cedar Rapids Schools Respond to Setbacks
[…] Building the Car While We’re Driving It: Lessons Learned and Back-to-School Priorities in Four Districts Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update. This post includes mentions of a Getting Smart partner. For a full list of partners, affiliate organizations and all other disclosures, please see our Partner […]
Ten Ways Schools Can Build Students’ Social Capital
[…] Julia Freeland Fisher and Mahnaz Charania on Social Relationships and Networks Why Youth Need Social Capital and How Schools Can Help Dr. Tyler S. Thigpen is the Co-founder & Head of School of The Forest School. Follow him on Twitter at @TylerThigpen. Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update.
21 Ways to Ignite Summer Learning
[…] all excited about a more seemingly normal summer and the opportunity to extend learning at home and out in our communities. Many of us on the Getting Smart team are parents. Our children range from ages 1-19 so we’ve been swapping stories of distance learning, resources that have helped our families through a difficult […]
