Celebrating School Counselors
This article in Edutopia discusses the various ways counselors, and other student support staff, add tremendous value to a learning community. The author makes note of their contributions, including developing “soft skills” with students, and provides a few ways school communities can recognize those contributions. Source Organization: Edutopia Visit the Resource
Reach Higher Initiative
This initiative is the former First Lady Michelle Obama’s effort to inspire every student in America to take charge of their future by completing their education past high school, whether at a professional training program, a community college, or a four-year college or university. The Reach Higher initiative will help make sure all students understand… Read More ›
JumpRope
This organization helps educators implement standards-based grading in every classroom through innovative assessment and feedback. JumpRope provides the web-based platform that great teachers and schools need to engage students with active pedagogy, purposeful planning, and authentic learning experiences. With the tools to make standards-based grading easy, teachers are freed to create, propel, and inspire, and students… Read More ›
Smarter Schools Project
The organization was launched to highlight the exciting ways that schools and families are using technology to meet their needs. In the process, the Smarter Schools Project hopes to spark a conversation among parents, educators, and innovators about their hopes, concerns, and goals for technology in education. Source Organization: Smarter Schools Project View the Resource
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
This organization is committed to developing networks of ideas, individuals, and institutions to advance teaching and learning. The Carnegie Foundation joins together scholars, practitioners, and designers in new ways to solve problems of educational practice. They work to integrate the discipline of improvement science into education with the goal of building the field’s capacity to… Read More ›
Games And Learning (Dot Org)
This organization is a news and information service aimed at increasing the amount of information available for those interested in developing and funding new educational games for children and young adults. The site is operated by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and is a project of the Games and Learning Publishing Council.… Read More ›
Future Ready Schools
This organization is a comprehensive effort to maximize digital learning opportunities and help school districts move quickly toward preparing students for success in college, a career, and citizenship. Future Ready activities and resources offer districts the information they need to plan, implement, and connect with like-minded district leaders. Future Ready materials help ensure that local technology… Read More ›
A Visit to YouthBuild Boston’s Designery
I was honored to attend YouthBuild Boston’s Designery Open House event in December. The Designery program provides a space for high school students from the Boston area, ages 14-18, to learn about urban architecture while experiencing several facets of what it means to be a professional in today’s working world. Students enroll in the program… Read More ›
LearnLaunch Across Boundaries
LearnLaunch Across Boundaries conference taking place on January 21-22, 2016 aims to promote dialogue about digital learning. Our 4th annual conference will examine the following question: “Are we digitizing past practice or moving toward personalized learning?” The conference brings together a diverse set of voices to discuss the most challenging questions facing teachers and the edtech industry today. Over… Read More ›
2016 Student Technology Conference
The Student Technology Conference provides an international forum for the presentation, discussion and sharing of educational technology in schools and other academic settings. This conference, by students in grades 6-12 as well as colleges and universities and for all, is committed to fostering a better understanding of how students use technology in education, and to… Read More ›
Diploma Plus
This organization believes in personalized learning as a systematic strategy to creating equitable education conditions, access, and outcomes that enable underserved youth to complete high school college- and career-ready. In addition to an overview of the organization, this website features an introduction to the Diploma Plus model, which features four essentials for success: Performance-Based Systems, Supportive… Read More ›
BPS Family Learning Guides
These guides provide detailed descriptions of what children should know and be able to do by the end of the school year in English language arts, social studies, science, and math. They also include subject-specific activities to extend learning at home.There is a specific guide for kindergarten through grade eight, and all are available for… Read More ›