Striking a balance: SEL skills and access to relationships
Can we get clear about where SEL skills and access to networks actually interact in the opportunity equation?
Apr 18, 2019
Author: Julia Freeland Fisher
Blended isn’t just about online learning—it’s making space for real-world relationships
Beyond just restructuring the classroom, blended-learning models are starting to open up new connections and diversify students’ networks.
Mar 28, 2019
Why investing in real-world feedback R&D could revolutionize assessments
Not only could turning to connections outside of classroom teachers help improve students’ writing skills, it could disrupt traditional K-12 assessments as we know them.
Mar 21, 2019
Are you really personalizing learning?
Personalized learning could encompass many modalities, yet there are some classroom components in standard personalized approaches that are often missed.
Mar 7, 2019
How sharing work can build students’ networks
Education entrepreneur Torrance Robinson discusses how academic work can serve as the launching pad for student networks.
Feb 20, 2019
Panel: Why building students’ social networks is critical
In this live-streamed event hosted by Big Picture Learning and HERE to HERE, a program that aims to build interest and passion-based career-pathways for 14-24 year-olds […]
Jan 17, 2019
Defining personalized learning and blended learning: Is there a difference?
To understand the nuances of personalized learning, it’s important to define what it is and if it’s different from blended learning, it’s often interchangeably applied concept.
Jan 15, 2019
Shindig chat: Innovations that expand students’ networks
In this interactive forum, Julia Freeland Fisher, author of Who You Know, explores why it’s not just what students know but whom they know, and how schools can become hubs for connection.
Jan 10, 2019
5 big ideas for education innovation in 2019
Over the last year, education innovators around the country continued to pursue expanded definitions of student success, personalized approaches, and wholly new models of school. […]
Jan 8, 2019
A look back at what we learned in 2018
Check out this roundup chronicling our past year of research into innovations in postsecondary and K-12 education.
Jan 4, 2019