Promising Practices in Next Generation Learning Models for English Language Learners
This Special Edition webinar hosted by The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) will explore next generation learning models for English language learner (ELL) students. Next generation learning models are beginning to transform learning for English Language Learners (ELLs) with personalized, competency-based education. A recent iNACOL report, Next Generation Learning Models for English Language… Read More ›
Literacy: More than Lexiles – Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Students
In this edWebinar, Kevin Baird, Chairman and Senior Faculty Member at the Center for College & Career Readiness, goes beyond Lexile® scores to explore two often overlooked keys to increasing literacy – motivation and engagement. Literacy is driven not only by differentiation to skills, but also by differentiation to interests and passions. In this session, Kevin… Read More ›
Atlanta Educators Reflect on Lessons From Personalized Learning Initiative
This article shares the experiences of educators implementing personalized learning in Fulton County School District in Georgia. It explores the teacher’s five-year journey to find the approach to personalization that worked for them and their students. Key lessons learned include: The importance of support for teachers throughout implementation The need to have a common language around… Read More ›
Helping English Language Learners Meet their Full Potential
The United States has always been, and continues to be, a nation of immigrants. These immigrants are not only raising our youth, but in many cases they are our youth. And they bring important skills with them. But when it comes to educating students for whom English is not primarily spoken at home (English Language… Read More ›
Using Needs Assessments to Drive School and District Improvement
This guide describes the core components for developing and administering needs assessments, a critical step to guide any school or district improvement process. It includes information on Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirements, as well as planning and designing a needs assessment with accompanying worksheets. The guide ends with a list of questions to be… Read More ›
iNACOL Symposium 2017
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning’s (iNACOL) annual conference focuses on competency-based, blended and online learning for grades K-12 and brings together experts, practitioners, educators, policymakers, and researchers. The symposium includes more than 200 sessions, each with a specific track to guide attendees toward sessions that fit their unique professional learning needs. Additionally, the… Read More ›
EdSurge Fusion Conference
This conference brings together education leaders, thinkers, researchers and technologists who are putting personalized learning into practice. The event features unique conference strands centered on Vision, Research, Implementation, and Evidence; as well as facilitated cohorts engineered to strengthen education leader network connections across the country. Attendees will build professional relationships with peers, gain knowledge to… Read More ›
ASCD Conference on Educational Leadership
The yearly Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Educational Leadership Conference brings together education leaders from around the country. This year’s event will focus on instructional leadership, leveraging resources, and leading and supporting students and adults. The conference will feature several keynote speeches and a variety of sessions on topics such as: Supporting Instructional Leaders… Read More ›
Building Competencies for Careers: Preparing Students for Twenty-First-Century Jobs
Truly innovative schools teach students how to apply content knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world situations while helping them develop the critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and other deeper learning skills that today’s jobs demand. This webinar, co-hosted by the Alliance for Excellent Education, Center on Education Policy (CEP), and Council for a Strong America,… Read More ›
The Student-Centered Learning Research Collaborative: Collaboration, not Isolation
I need to confess something: I never read educational research when I was a middle school teacher. My day-to-day focus was on the practical and immediate—my students, my lessons, my classroom. Looking back, I realize now that I didn’t know what I didn’t know, and my ignorance led to some problematic decisions in the classroom.… Read More ›
Fire Up Your Class With Student-Interest Surveys
This practical article gives advice on how to keep content fresh and relevant and nurture student voice in the classroom. The author, an experienced teacher, suggests that the best way to stay up to date with students’ interests and motivations is to ask students and ask them often. To gather feedback, she suggests free online… Read More ›
Culturally Responsive Positive Behavioral Support Matters
This report, developed by Equity Alliance, discusses ways to make the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) model more culturally responsive. In contrast to punitive disciplinary models, PBIS uses prevention, data-based decisions making, and research-based interventions to nurture positive student and adult behaviors. Race-based disparities in discipline and behavioral outcomes is a continuous issue in schools… Read More ›