Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Stewarding an inclusive network requires time, money, and human capital. Leadership must be local. It requires listening to community, acknowledging harm, and making changes—across partnerships, leadership, culture, funding, and programming. Being intentional about equity has anchored much of our learning.

Education 144

Education Leadership Government Learning Science 144

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A number of educators across the country are finding great value in ‘learning science’ books such as Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning. Are our school systems focusing on big important concepts or just trivia and minutiae as they engage in learning science and competency-based educational practices?

Learning Science 143

Learning Science Tradition Critical Thinking Teaching 143

Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Applying Research to Truly Personalize Learning. One critical aspect of personalized learning is too often missing: the use of learning sciences research to best understand and reach each learner. Leadership Competencies for Engaged Learners. Maker Learning and School Leadership. Short Answer: Yes!

EdTech 98

EdTech K-12 Middle School Leadership 98

ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Mahajan, who was part of national leadership at the Self-Employed Women's Association , noted that her interest in early childhood education stemmed from the perspective of motherhood, through which she recognized the importance of quality childcare for women's labor force participation and economic empowerment.

Education 113

Education EdTech Leadership Government 113

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

In a session focused on teacher leadership, Adelaja came up with a nature-based metaphor for her work: “A bird who every day came to the nest and fed its young until the young learned to fly — giving my kids the information and knowledge, and eventually that agency and self-sufficiency to find their own solutions to their own problems.”

Teaching 96

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 96

Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

Katrina Stevens, Director of Learning Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, also shared a vision for how mature EdClusters can collaboratively design, evaluate, and scale promising tools and practices. Kim Smith details a re-calibrated vision for #edclusters and League of Innovative Schools. REPORTS FROM THE FIELD.

EdTech 79

EdTech Education Social Justice Research 79