Live From Summit 2017: Re-Thinking Student Discipline: What Schools Are Trying and Learning
This candid and thought-provoking session was led by John B. King, Jr., President and CEO of The Education Trust. Joining him as panelists were Anita Wadhwa, Amanda Aiken, Ric Zappa and Valissia Allen. Amanda Aiken, former Senior Director of Schools for Nola College Prep in Louisiana Eldridge Greer, Associate Chief of Student Equity and Opportunity […]
Live From Summit 2016: Helping Children Transcend Adversity
This highly-compelling session was led by author Paul Tough, with a Q&A moderated by Jeff Raikes. The discussion focused on the pressing questions addressed in Tough’s newest book, Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why. Tough encouraged the audience to look closely at what brain science says about the effects of adversity on children’s development, and […]
Accelerating Innovation through Communities of Practice: Our First Catapult Cohort
Entrepreneurs innovate more quickly and effectively when they can learn from others grappling with challenges similar to the ones they are facing. Leaders who are opening innovative new schools can go farther and faster working together than they can in isolation. This can be challenging when the day-to-day demands of running a school or school organization do […]
Big Takeaways from Early Pioneers of Personalized Learning
For the past four years, I’ve been lucky to have been a part of a thriving community of practice of early-adopters of blended and personalized learning in charters and districts called the Community of Innovative Practice. This group comes together twice a year to exchange war stories, share best practices, engage in lively debate, explore […]
Summit 2015: Creative Solutions to Classroom Challenges
Across the country, we’re excited to see many schools, districts and charter organizations exploring ways of innovating in classrooms. We’ve learned that innovation is a journey that individuals and teams take (sometimes together, sometimes separately), and the ease of that journey depends on many things (teammates, school readiness, political context, landscape, other things swirling around, […]