3 crucial blended learning resources based on research and real-world practice
For over a decade, the Christensen Institute has been studying and providing insights into blended learning. Here, we lay out our most useful resources.
July 29, 2020
Topics: K-12 Education
A revealing look at innovation in urban and suburban schools
Canopy data shows urban and suburban schools report innovative practices at different frequencies.
July 28, 2020
Who you know matters. Let’s start measuring it.
Measuring relationships as assets in the student success equation is crucial to ensuring that students don’t just graduate with skills, but with a network.
July 22, 2020
A revealing look at innovation in rural schools
Canopy data suggests rural schools prioritize flexibility and student supports, but other practices may be less common.
July 21, 2020
Free edtech won’t lead to lasting change in schools—but here’s what could
As schools confront the challenges ahead of them this year, it’s critical to remember the role that processes play in redefining schools’ capabilities.
July 20, 2020
The missing metrics: Emerging practices for measuring students’ relationships and networks
By measuring students’ social capital, education systems can start to close opportunity gaps and ensure all students are supported equitably.
July 16, 2020
Don’t cancel summer, reinvent it
How programs are reimagining summer as a critical chance to put equitable access and family agency front and center during social distancing.
July 15, 2020
Three critical considerations for teachers to adopt technology
In this time of remote learning, education technology must help teachers accomplish their priorities at least as efficiently, if not more so.
July 9, 2020
Now is the moment to lean into student agency
Nurturing students’ abilities to contribute and lead can have big payoffs as schools face ongoing uncertainty.
July 7, 2020
Making sense of school innovation: Five categories of practice revealed
The Canopy dataset suggests five distinct categories of innovative practice in schools.
July 2, 2020