Connection over content: A new era for education technology
Edtech that connects offers a mix of more interactive learning experiences and various forms of virtual mentorship, career exploration, and support.
Sept 21, 2022
Topics: Social Capital
Why better data on students’ networks can start the school year off right
Identifying students' networks can lend critical data to schools grappling with how best to support their students in the year ahead.
Aug 25, 2022
Students’ hidden networks: Relationship mapping as a strategy to build asset-based pathways
Discover the profound potential of approaches to mapping and mobilizing students’ existing social networks, as well as the emerging strategies and tools that schools should consider.
Aug 9, 2022
Schools that aren’t measuring students’ relationships are leaving their economic mobility to chance
Measuring students’ access to networks of support can inform data-driven strategies for opening doors to economic mobility.
May 10, 2022
Do you know who your students know? Here’s why you should.
Students exist in an ecology of relationships far beyond the four walls of their school
Apr 28, 2022
Invigorating the youthforce: Mentorship, social capital, and work-based learning
This virtual ASU+GSV session makes transparent the importance of students' social capital and what it will take to scale relationships.
Apr 26, 2022
Taking “navigation and guidance” to church
Supporting students to and through college equitably amounts to more than a checklist of short-term fixes and nudges.
Mar 24, 2022
No, the kids aren’t okay. Here are four social supports that can make a difference.
Research lays out four social support considerations educators can leverage toward students' wellbeing.
Mar 1, 2022
What will it take for education’s most promising innovations to scale?
Scaling education innovations requires access to peer data and democratizing access to evidence
Feb 15, 2022
Edtech’s lasting value as the pandemic continues
Edtech can supplement face-to-face connections with other relationships otherwise out of reach for students.
Feb 3, 2022