NewSchools Summit
NewSchools Summit is an annual invitation-only gathering for education innovation thought leaders who bring important and diverse perspectives in PreK-12 education. Summit provides a platform for over 1,000 entrepreneurs, educators, community leaders, funders, and policy makers to share ideas on how we can transform public schools so that they prepare all students, in every neighborhood,… Read More ›
ASCD’s Conference on Teaching Excellence
Explore layers of learning at ASCD‘s Conference on Teaching Excellence. Join colleagues in exciting New Orleans for two and a half days of career-empowering knowledge, practices, networking, and practical teaching solutions. The ASCD Conference on Teaching Excellence is designed with your specific needs in mind—providing strategies you can use immediately across all grade levels and… Read More ›
2016 ASCD Conference on Educational Leadership
Brought to you by the publisher of Educational Leadership® magazine, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) annual Conference on Educational Leadership promises to Explore the connection of school leadership to student achievement. Add important new ideas to your leadership knowledge base. Connect you to the top leaders in school districts across North America, and around… Read More ›
Big Bang 2016
Big Bang is Big Picture Learning’s international conference on student-centered learning, drawing more than 500 educators from all over the world for a deep dive into the teaching and learning practices that best drive student engagement and involvement, both inside and outside of school. For more information, visit their website.
Students Help Design Measures of Social-Emotional Skills
This article explores how Washoe County District, a district in Reno, Nevada, put social-emotional learning in the forefront of their education system. A growing body of research connects skills like responsible decision making, empathy, and responding to emotions with both greater engagement in the classroom and improved academic outcomes. Washoe County District, launched a social-emotional learning… Read More ›
Not Your Grandpa’s Voc Ed: Rigorous Career and Technical Education in Henry County, Georgia
This post originally appeared on the New England Secondary School Consortium on behalf of Great Schools Partnership. When many of us think of “career and technical education,” we likely recall dusty wood shops, half-finished projects, and cantankerous teachers with untamed hair and maybe a missing finger or three. Or we might envision a class… Read More ›
The Fantastic New Ways to Teach Math that Most Schools Aren’t Even Using
This article, written by Corey Drake, Associate Professor and Director of Teacher Preparation at Michigan State University’s College of Education discusses a short list of ideas and teaching practices that will support how students learn math, and why it is important for teachers to implement them. The list explores teaching practices that work to make student learning meaningful… Read More ›
Youth Leadership Institute Facilitator Fellowship
The Annenberg Institute for School Reform & the Nellie Mae Education Foundation are welcoming applicants for the 2016 Youth Leadership Institute’s Youth Facilitator Fellowship. This (paid) opportunity is for individuals interested in promoting equity, youth voice and student-centered learning in their schools and communities. Facilitators will participate in a YLI Facilitator Fellowship experience that will both support… Read More ›
5 Ways to Partner With Your School Counselor on the Common Core
This article provides five ways for teachers and administrators to build productive relationships with school counselors in an effort to enhance progress towards school goals. The suggestions are based on an interview with Daniel Peabody, Maryland’s 2015 Middle School Counselor of the Year. Source Organization: Edutopia Visit the Resource
Teachers Know Best
This research project’s goal is to bring the perspectives of teachers to developers who are creating digital tools for the classroom. Moving from anecdotes of what digital instructional tools teachers want and need, to actual, solid data, will help us to better understand how teachers use digital technology in the classroom, and how these tools… Read More ›
5 Best Practices for Building a Competency-Based Education Program
This article explores how the business and education sectors are changing because of competency-based education. Competency-based education (CBE) continues to gain much-deserved credit and momentum in both sectors and it’s becoming increasingly clear that competencies are key to aligning education and training with actual business needs. Source Organization: Association for Talent Development Visit the Resource
The Overwhelming Act of Assessing Writing in a CBE School
This article explores a writing workshop style that enhances a student’s writing experience and helps them to successfully go through the revision process and produce an even better piece of writing the next time around. Source Organization: Competency Works Visit the Resource