Two ingredients for student-centered learning: a flexible environment and caring adults
Students need trusted adults and a web of supports to thrive, so more schools are designing time and structures for building anchor relationships.
Sept 6, 2019
Topics: Competency-Based Learning
What if teachers could no longer give B-minuses?
Why time should become the variable and learning the constant in today's schools, and not the other way around.
Apr 11, 2019
Competency-Based Learning
5 trends for seeding CBE growth
Antiquated time-based metrics and incentives can thwart efforts to reinvent learning in a competency-based manner. Here are 5 ways that allow new models to take root.
May 8, 2018
Competency-Based Learning
Taking stock of 2017: What we learned about personalized learning
As we enter 2018, one of the best things we can do to move forward is look back at all that we have learned in the previous year. Here is a sample of what research uncovered in 2017.
Jan 3, 2018
Social Capital
Disrupting opportunity gaps will hinge on networks
Society is passing up entire reservoirs of latent innovation potential in the next generation. Luckily there are new tools that can help disrupt opportunity gaps.
Dec 14, 2017
Social Capital
Help students hold themselves accountable
By helping students become proficient in setting their own goals and then following through, teachers can help students hold themselves accountable.
Aug 3, 2017
Personalized & Blended Learning
Give students individual feedback
More frequent and targeted feedback can help students and teachers alike. Heather looks at how new feedback structures are driving personalized learning.
May 25, 2017
Personalized & Blended Learning
Personalized & Blended Learning
5 tips for teaching early grade mindsets
Helping young children develop the mindsets of agency, creativity, growth mindset, and passion for learning can improve student engagement and boost academic achievement.
Apr 7, 2017
Personalized & Blended Learning
Policy
Will Trump’s deregulation help teacher preparation?
The Trump administration recently overturned controversial teacher preparation regulations. Is this good or bad for teacher quality?
Apr 4, 2017
Policy
Personalized & Blended Learning
Finding ‘personalized learning’ and other edtech buzzwords on the Gartner Hype Cycle
Education buzzwords come and go, just like the fads they sometimes represent. But some endure and come back. Here’s where “personalized learning” and edtech’s buzziest buzzwords belong on the Gartner Hype Cycle.
Jan 19, 2017
Personalized & Blended Learning