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Heart Smart & Head Smart: Reflections on a Year of Giving Teachers the Support They Need to Make the Leap to Personalized Learning
While the shift from “differentiated instruction” to “personalized learning” seems like a reasonable enough commitment to make philosophically, the changes in practice that this generation of teachers will need to make to realize the potential of...
Building a Team
"Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work." – Vince Lombardi In my 26 years in the Army, I held 18 different jobs. Although I enjoyed the highs and lows of every one of them, there was no tougher circumstance than...
Next Gen Professional Development (Part 1)
“Professional development” has a negative connotation for many teachers. In other professions, professionals are hungry for training on the latest techniques, mindset, and tactical approaches. NASCAR Pit Crews get training. If they fail to get a...
Is Communications the Secret Sauce for Innovation?
Over the past several years, our organizations have been deeply involved in the national movement towards blended and personalized learning, both as implementation experts and catalysts for innovation. We have engaged with hundreds of districts...
Communications Tips for School Leaders
There are many elements critical to the success of change management initiatives, including those involving blended and personalized learning. Having worked with almost 200 districts across two organizations, we have learned that communications is...
We Had to Personalize Teaching to Personalize Learning
Blended and personalized learning holds tremendous promise for meeting the individual needs of our students and deepening their learning. Unfortunately, in the rush to implement these models, we often overlook the needs of those responsible for...
State Profiles in Innovation
How Four States Are Advancing Blended and Personalized Learning Statewide Today we are releasing State Profiles in Innovation: How Four States Are Advancing Blended and Personalized Learning Statewide (“Profiles”). This new publication is produced...
innovateNJ: Gaining Momentum
The state of New Jersey has been quietly spurring a wave of innovation that is gathering force and speed. The wave is engaging schools and districts, collaborators across the nation, and community partners close to home. The initiative - innovateNJ...
Engaging Teachers in Blended through Blended Best Practices
Blended learning can do for educators what it is already doing for students, as long as professional development (PD) designers are as strategic with its implementation as teachers are when building a blended lesson for their students! Significant...
The difference between research and evaluation
An earlier post reviewed the recently published District Guide to Blended Learning Measurement from The Learning Accelerator, and promised a follow-up post regarding the distinction that the guide makes between research and evaluation. This...
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