Micro-credentials:
Three lessons, three opportunities
Click the image to take a closer look. I'd like to share what I've learned about my work. I could fill libraries with all the lessons I've…
11 Minutes
Collective leadership and the future of public education: Hopes for 2018
I see good things in education and teacher leadership for 2018. There are many reasons to believe I may be a bit naïve: a foreign policy world in…
9 Minutes
Are micro-credentials the next iPhone?
Teachers have been earning credits and credentials for generations, so the claim that new micro-credentials will change professional development is…
1 Minute
#OneWord2017: #Unify
Tricia Ebner, thank you for starting this roundtable conversation, and Jessica Cuthbertson, for continuing it. Tricia wrote about the need for…
4 Minutes
Why can’t professional learning be more like pizza?
If we can customize pizza, shouldn't we be able to personalize professional learning? In this first of a series of four posts authored by KU doctoral…
6 Minutes
Welcoming the Old New Teacher
It's been difficult for me these last two months, and I haven't been posting much. At first, I thought perhaps it was just the difficulty of an…
6 Minutes
Micro-credentials: Ushering in teacher-driven performance assessments in the age of ESSA
Micro-credentials can help K-12 schools seize the opportunity ESSA has presented, assembling powerful measures of deeper learning outcomes.
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The Next Evolution in Professional Development: Timeless Learning
I want to be excellent and that doesn’t just take knowledge, it takes practice and community. Even champions have to train, and they often train with…
7 Minutes
Deeper learning demands deeper leading—and technology can help
Being college- and career-ready is no simple task. It’s time for all American students to take part in deeper learning.
7 Minutes
Four signs it's time for micro-credentials
Barnett Berry and Karen Cator (Digital Promise) identify developments that set the stage for an innovative approach to educators' professional…
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