Student Voice: My Goal Is to Change the Face of the Healthcare Profession
By: Kaci Anderson. At a time when the healthcare industry is sorely in need of diversity, career preparation programs for high school students of all backgrounds are key.
Why We Built a Hub for Vetted Vaccination Resources for Public Schools
The new hub from Brooklyn LAB offers a centralized platform with credible vaccine information and accompanying curriculum and tools that schools can use to promote the uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations and address fears and concerns about vaccines in America’s diverse public-school communities.
A Vision for Transformative Education
Read this excerpt from the upcoming book Worldwise Learning: A Teacher’s Guide to Shaping a Just, Sustainable Future.
Addressing The Anxiety Wave In Schools
Students are looking to us, the adults, to show them how to deal with the feelings they are having. It comes down to modeling.
Learning as a Collective
The first step toward having schools bring together the collective is for schools to treat learners as members of a collective.
Shining the Competency Education Light on Education in the Time of COVID-19
COVID-19 has created the conditions for a radical transformation in our schools. Chris discusses how personalized, mastery-based, competency, and proficiency-based approaches help teachers and schools.
Getting Smart Endorses Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Getting Smart has never endorsed a presidential candidate. This year is different. For our team, this election is about so much more than politics, it's about humanity.
8 Ways to Bring Augmented and Virtual Reality into the Classroom
Rachelle Dene Poth shares eight resources to explore augmented and virtual reality.
How Lessons of the Past Can Help Design a More Equitable Future for all Students
By: Aaliyah Samuel. Aaliyah shares recommendations that can help guide all of us in paving the way for a more equitable future in education.
Dive Into a Virtual Ocean and Three Other Ways Young People Can Experience the Wonder of the World This Earth Day
Chief Education Officer of National Geographic, Vicki Phillips, explores the ways to engage with the planet from wherever you are this Earth Day.