By Nikolaus Namba | Director of 21st Century Learning, Lindsay Unified School District, CA | March 7, 2019
No one can tell you identical steps to create personalized learning. But here’s my best advice.
Are Alternative Schools Worsening Inequity?
By Javier Guzman | Regional Director, Big Picture Learning | February 21, 2019
Want to find the most glaring inequities in our country’s educational system? Visit an alternative education school. What’s happening and how do we fix it?
Teacher Evaluation Pt. 2: The Solutions
By Scott Marion | National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment | February 7, 2019
How do we fix state-mandated teacher evaluations? Scott Marion gives four key ingredients for a more student-centered, principle-empowered system.
After 25 Years of Teaching, I Changed My Mind About Standardized Testing
By Dr. Jennifer Haan | Executive Director of Bilingual and Migrant Education, Las Cruces Public Schools
I considered myself a progressive educator who views teaching and learning through a social justice lens. There is no way that I could be “traditional” or that anything could be “ingrained” in my mind. I was wrong.
What Did Future Focused Accomplish in 2018?
By Tony Monfiletto | Executive Director, Future Focused Education | December 20, 2018
It was truly a momentous year in expanding our reach, learning deeply, and bringing new voices into the conversation.
Teacher Evaluation Pt. 1: A Good Idea Gone Bad?
By Scott Marion | National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment | January 3, 2019
State-mandated teacher evaluations haven’t fulfilled promises to increase teacher quality and student learning. So, what went wrong?
Our Teacher Shortage is a Crisis. Here’s How We Can Fix It.
By Brian O’Connell | Executive Director, Golden Apple Foundation of New Mexico | December 13, 2018
Teaching has so much flexibility and job security, so why doesn’t anyone want to do it anymore?
Can High Schoolers Handle the Tech World? The FFE Internship Program Proves ‘Yes’
We gathered 16 local technology companies into one room and asked them: “What if you hired a high school intern?” They were skeptical: Could a high schooler really handle the tech world? Here’s what we found.
How to Remodel Our Assessment System: Part I
By Deborah Good, Director of Organization Learning and Research | October 23, 2018
What would it mean to put students at the center of our state’s assessment system? We asked 40 different experts in education; here’s what we found.
Tearing Down the Silos of Work and School
Tearing Down the Silos of Work and School By Tony Monfiletto, Director | courtesy of iNACOL | October 16, 2018 “We must connect students to real-life experiences so they can master the skills to thrive in a career over the long term.” “As a life-long educator and father of four daughters in New Mexico public schools, here is what simultaneously …