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Copying and Pasting Your Way to Critical Thinking | Getting Smart

Explore how copy-paste can transform learning, enhancing critical thinking and writing skills in the digital age.

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Exploring schools as community hubs, integrating real-world and digital resources for a personalized learning ecosystem.

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Students Aren’t Coming to School – Here’s What We Can Do About It | Getting Smart

Understanding student stories can address absenteeism. Engage families, build community partnerships, and listen for effective solutions.

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Relationally Responsible Tech: Designing a Digital Future That Puts People First | Getting Smart

Explore relationally relational tech focusing on human connection, advocating for child-centered, equitable, and relational AI tools.

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The Transcript Trap: Why Our Students Need Credentials, Not Just Grades | Getting Smart

Our education system should prioritize credentials over grades to better prepare students for a dynamic workforce.education credentials

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From Chronic Absenteeism to the New Absenteeism: Five Profiles of Youth Engagement | Getting Smart

Exploring the evolving issue of chronic absenteeism, this article introduces "New Absenteeism" to better address diverse student experiences.

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08.04.2025

CoSN 2025: With Human Leadership Comes Great Power, and Great Responsibility | Getting Smart

CoSN 2025 highlights tech in education, focusing on AI, cybersecurity, and connectivity, emphasizing leadership and human-centered tech integration.

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04.04.2025

How Can AI Fuel Deeper Learning? A Conversation with Kali Frederick and Aatash Parikh | Getting Smart

Exploring AI's impact on education, deeper learning, and project-based learning with insights from High Tech High and Inquire's leaders.

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02.04.2025

Transforming Public Education: A Blueprint for Learner-Centered Change | Getting Smart

Explore H3 learner-centered change in NYC schools, emphasizing student agency, competency-based learning, and real-world applications.

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01.04.2025

Are Human Beings Necessary in the Life Cycle of Knowledge? | Getting Smart

Navigating generative AI's impact on education reveals a potential "Classroom AI Doom Loop," challenging roles in knowledge transmission.

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In the City by the Sea, a Civic Upswing is Underway | Getting Smart

Exploring FabNewport's impact on learner-centered ecosystems, highlighting community collaboration and the potential for educational transformation.

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More Options, More Opportunities: How AI Can Support High-Quality Learning for All | Getting Smart

AI enhances virtual and hybrid learning by supporting pedagogy and relationships, expanding access to high-quality education.

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25.03.2025

Should Courses Be Broken Up into Learning Experiences? Smaller Grain Size Increases Flexibility and Transparency | Getting Smart

"Explore how learning experiences, not courses, enhance flexibility, integration, and equity in competency-based education."

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21.03.2025

Breaking the Math Mold: How Self-Directed Learners Are Becoming Math Masters | Getting Smart

Exploring how self-directed learning fosters math mastery through relevance, resourcefulness, and persistence at The Forest School.

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19.03.2025

Choosing Abundance Despite an Instinct for Scarcity | Getting Smart

Shift from scarcity to abundance mindset in education to unlock innovation, improve systems, and offer diverse learning opportunities.

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18.03.2025

Tending Tomorrow’s Soil: Investing In Learning Ecosystems | Getting Smart

Invest in learning ecosystems to prepare future-ready learners by connecting communities and leveraging local assets

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14.03.2025

What’s the Status of Credentials? Digital Credentials Summit 2025 | Getting Smart

Explore the future of credentials at the Digital Credentials Summit 2025, focusing on skills, interoperability, and workforce adaptability.

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12.03.2025

Building Systems That Serve: The Power of the Getting Smart Innovation Framework | Getting Smart

Explore the Getting Smart Innovation Framework for personalized, competency-based education that empowers all students.

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11.03.2025

How AI Supports Deeper Learning: Reflections from the AI K-12 Deeper Learning Summit | Getting Smart

AI in education empowers deeper learning by enhancing critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration, transforming educational experiences.

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08.03.2025

Kentucky’s Learning Ecosystem in 2040: A Day in the Life | Getting Smart

Explore Kentucky's future education ecosystem in 2040 with Horizon 3, focusing on equity, agency, and lifelong learning through AI and community.

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07.03.2025

How Resilient are New Pathways in a Changing Labor Market? | Getting Smart

What does it take to make pathways resilient in a changing labor market? Focusing on agency, entrepreneurship and empowerment.

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05.03.2025

Redefining Research in a Gen-AI Powered Classroom | Getting Smart

Explore the evolving role of research in classrooms with AI, emphasizing critical evaluation, media literacy, and adapting standards for AI-driven education.

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04.03.2025

From Classroom to Career: How Deeply Embedding Career Clusters Can Help Bridge the Gap | Getting Smart

Career Clusters expand beyond CTE, integrating real-world learning for holistic student development and readiness across the education system.

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5 Most Versatile Certifications for High School Students | Getting Smart

Certifications provide high school students with practical skills, enhancing resumes and opening diverse career opportunities in various fields.

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28.02.2025

Getting H3 Right: Critical Recommendations for Funders and Policymakers | Getting Smart

Explore transformative H3 education models, emphasizing autonomy, improvement, and integration to break free from traditional schooling.

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27.02.2025

Academic Excellence Through The Arts and Experience | Getting Smart

Southland College Prep excels in arts, academics, and mentorship, fostering a 100% college acceptance rate and nurturing community belief.

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26.02.2025

Erin McNeill on Why We Need Media Literacy Now | Getting Smart

Erin McNeill emphasizes the urgent need for media literacy in education to help students navigate the digital landscape effectively.

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25.02.2025

Uplift Education Launches Health Pathways | Getting Smart

Uplift Education's new health pathways program offers students career-ready skills in healthcare via work-based learning and dual enrollment.

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25.02.2025

Enhancing Education Through Transparency | Getting Smart

Transparency builds trust in education, enhancing school-parent partnerships and improving student outcomes at Pine Street School.

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21.02.2025

6 Characteristics of an Education that Students Want | Getting Smart

Discover how IDEA creates a personalized, career-connected education emphasizing real-world skills and joyful learning.

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19.02.2025

Empowering Futures by Turning Electives into Meaningful Career Pathways | Getting Smart

Transform high school electives into career pathways, aligning with career clusters and embedding certifications for future readiness.

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19.02.2025

How AI is Changing Learning Goals | Getting Smart

Explores how AI is reshaping education, emphasizing curiosity, agency, and AI management as essential skills for future learning and work.

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19.02.2025

5 Obstacles (and Solutions) to Transforming School Systems for the 21st Century | Getting Smart

Kentucky's Bullitt County Public Schools (BCPS) reflects on their multi-year journey into rethinking education.

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19.02.2025

Customizing Innovative Practices at Pinnacles Prep | Getting Smart

Discover how Pinnacles Prep fosters personalized learning through innovative strategies and inclusive environments.

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19.02.2025

Using Gen AI to Design, Implement, and Assess PBL | Getting Smart

Explore using generative AI to enhance project-based learning by streamlining design, implementation, and assessment processes.

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19.02.2025

New Alternative Education Campus Works To Shift Student Learning Experiences | Getting Smart

Farber Educational Campus redefines alternative education, focusing on civic engagement, PBL, and CTE, fostering community partnerships.

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19.02.2025

The Flight School: Reimagining the Path to Adulthood | Getting Smart

The Flight School redefines the gap year as a launch year, fostering self-discovery and essential human skills for future-ready graduates.

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19.02.2025

Your Public Library Is an Untapped Resource for Young Entrepreneurs | Getting Smart

Seattle Public Library empowers young entrepreneurs with free resources, expert guidance, and networking through its Library to Business program.

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Lifelong Learning as Abundant Learning | Getting Smart

In Wisconsin, How Has A Rural Respite for Learning Become a Statewide Haven for Healing? | Getting Smart

Copying and Pasting Your Way to Critical Thinking | Getting Smart

How can we reimagine where learning happens? Designing schools as community hubs within a personalized ecosystem | Getting Smart

Students Aren’t Coming to School – Here’s What We Can Do About It | Getting Smart

Relationally Responsible Tech: Designing a Digital Future That Puts People First | Getting Smart

The Transcript Trap: Why Our Students Need Credentials, Not Just Grades | Getting Smart

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CoSN 2025: With Human Leadership Comes Great Power, and Great Responsibility | Getting Smart

How Can AI Fuel Deeper Learning? A Conversation with Kali Frederick and Aatash Parikh | Getting Smart

Transforming Public Education: A Blueprint for Learner-Centered Change | Getting Smart

Are Human Beings Necessary in the Life Cycle of Knowledge? | Getting Smart

In the City by the Sea, a Civic Upswing is Underway | Getting Smart

More Options, More Opportunities: How AI Can Support High-Quality Learning for All | Getting Smart

Should Courses Be Broken Up into Learning Experiences? Smaller Grain Size Increases Flexibility and Transparency | Getting Smart

Breaking the Math Mold: How Self-Directed Learners Are Becoming Math Masters | Getting Smart

Choosing Abundance Despite an Instinct for Scarcity | Getting Smart

Tending Tomorrow’s Soil: Investing In Learning Ecosystems | Getting Smart

What’s the Status of Credentials? Digital Credentials Summit 2025 | Getting Smart

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How AI Supports Deeper Learning: Reflections from the AI K-12 Deeper Learning Summit | Getting Smart

Kentucky’s Learning Ecosystem in 2040: A Day in the Life | Getting Smart

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Redefining Research in a Gen-AI Powered Classroom | Getting Smart

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5 Most Versatile Certifications for High School Students | Getting Smart

Getting H3 Right: Critical Recommendations for Funders and Policymakers | Getting Smart

Academic Excellence Through The Arts and Experience | Getting Smart

Erin McNeill on Why We Need Media Literacy Now | Getting Smart

Uplift Education Launches Health Pathways | Getting Smart

Enhancing Education Through Transparency | Getting Smart

6 Characteristics of an Education that Students Want | Getting Smart

Empowering Futures by Turning Electives into Meaningful Career Pathways | Getting Smart

How AI is Changing Learning Goals | Getting Smart

5 Obstacles (and Solutions) to Transforming School Systems for the 21st Century | Getting Smart

Customizing Innovative Practices at Pinnacles Prep | Getting Smart

Using Gen AI to Design, Implement, and Assess PBL | Getting Smart

New Alternative Education Campus Works To Shift Student Learning Experiences | Getting Smart

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