Tag Archives: Getting Smart

By: Jorge Arteaga In a time when 1 in 5 students face bullying, equipping young people with the skills to stand up against these injustices is more crucial than ever.  While traditional approaches like “tell a teacher” have been helpful, they aren’t enough to address the complex dynamics of bullying today. Students need real-world skillsContinue reading “Why ‘Just Tell a Teacher’ Isn’t Enough – The Power of Bystander Intervention to End Bullying”

America’s education system was a groundbreaking effort to help a growing nation thrive in the 19th century. Now, 200 years later, the world has changed; the horizon looks drastically different. Collectively, we need to redesign our education system to enable all of our children — and, by extension, our nation — to thrive today andContinue reading “A New Operating System for Public Education: Learner-Centered Ecosystems”

The New York Times ran a guest column last month by an English teacher calling for high school students to “do less so they can do better.” Student responses from three schools (two suburban public schools and one private school) on October 10 echoed the stressed-out, over-scheduled message. This well-intentioned plea to dial back expectationsContinue reading “Let High Schoolers Do Less? Let High Schoolers Experience More”

In the 1990s the folks at the National Science Foundation began bouncing around the acronym SMET to describe the related disciplines of science, math, engineering, and technology. It did not catch on. In 2001, Judith Ramaley, a biologist who was then working as the assistant director of education and human resources at NSF, rearranged theContinue reading “AI Can Help STEM Bridge Educational Disparities”

By: Dana Brinson SparkNC is a whole new way to do school, offering learner-centered, industry-relevant, and competency-based learning in high-tech fields–like cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and game and software development–across our interdistrict network of 17 North Carolina public school districts. The SparkNC experience is facilitated by a SparkLab leader with home-base SparkLab where learners connect andContinue reading “First-Year Insights into Building a Truly Learner-Centered Approach with SparkNC”

America’s education system was a groundbreaking effort to help a growing nation thrive in the 19th century. Now, 200 years later, the world has changed; the horizon looks drastically different. Collectively, we need to redesign our education system to enable all of our children — and, by extension, our nation — to thrive today and tomorrow.Continue reading “Igniting the Flame: How Motivation Catalyzes Student Potential in Horizon 3 Education”

By: Dr. Amy Galloway Swann As educators, we’ve been through countless waves of innovation, but none compare to the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence (AI). While many focus on how AI can personalize instruction or raise concerns about cheating, the truth is that AI changes everything. It challenges not only what we teach but alsoContinue reading “The AI Revolution in Teaching: How It Changes Everything”

30 miles east of Indianapolis sits the charming little town of Greenfield—a few hundred buildings at the intersection of Highway 40 and State Route 9 including a grain silo converted into a popular local restaurant. Another 15 minutes east between tall rows of corn, you’ll come to the campus of Eastern Hancock Schools where you’llContinue reading “4 Promises Drive Rural School Transformation at Eastern Hancock Schools”

By: Michael Thomas Duffy A few years ago, as the world was grappling with COVID-19 and its aftermath, two developments in teaching and learning occurred that, in retrospect, were not only revolutionary but interconnected. The first took place in March 2021, when the federal government earmarked $13.2 billion in pandemic relief funds, the Elementary andContinue reading “The Pandemic Proved that High-Dosage Tutoring is Essential. We Can’t Give it Up.”

By: Kathleen Osta, LaShawn Routé Chatmon, Tom Malarkey What kind of leadership is needed to design and sustain new approaches to public education that are personalized, purposeful, joyful, authentic and challenging – and consistently and equitably meet the developmental needs of every young person in every community? At the National Equity Project, we believe aContinue reading “How We Lead the Change Is the Change: Horizon 3 Leadership”