Difference Making
Laguna Beach High School Gets in the FLOW of Environmental Literacy
This chronicles one high school’s creative and innovative approach to addressing local environmental problems and establishing a school wide, cross-curricular approach.
Difference Making
Making Civic Learning Meaningful With And For Young People
Through iThrive's Game Design Studio teens were engaged as equals and experts in imagining and ideating alongside others in the civic education ecosystem.
EdTech
Innovating with Integrity: Building Trust in an AI-Driven World
When we design schools that give every individual a human advantage in the age of AI we create a future where technology is enriched with human insight and leadership.
Learner-Centered
Agency and Co-Authoring Thriving in Colorado Schools
Over the last few months, we’ve been fortunate to accompany school leaders to some outstanding Colorado schools that exemplify new learning models that lead to new pathways.
New Pathways
Home Schools Grow With New Funding Streams
A growing number of students are learning in homes. These small schools create opportunities to test new learning models, expand supportive options, and extend access to new pathways.
Learning Design
Ten Innovative Educational Programs Awarded Grants to Transform Learning
Getting Smart Collective is thrilled to announce the ten dynamic microschools that have been selected as the recipients of our Big Push For Small Schools grant opportunity.
New Pathways
You’ve Been Notifeyed: How High School Students are Paving the Way to Driver Safety
As part of the INCubatoredu program, five students worked together to develop Notifeye, a driving awareness tool.
Learner-Centered
The Students Are Talking, It’s Time We Listen
Student voice is often requested, but only selectively. We must encourage, engage and include students far more than we already do in our education systems.
Difference Making
Why Focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals in School Is Good for Students, Staff, Families, and the Broader Community
Coolidge High School in Washington, DC is using the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as the core of their Redesign journey with DC+XQ and focusing on Action Research, Global Experiences, and Wellness.
EdTech
What Educators and Families Should Prioritize in the Age of AI
As technological breakthroughs, analytic methods, and artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly redefine what it means to be educated, they correspondingly transform how we can measure and inform learning and development.