By Ryan L. Schaaf   Today’s Kids Learn Differently In the previous article, Learning for the Always-On Generation (Part 1), readers were introduced to the observation that today’s kids are different. They talk differently, play differently, communicate differently, and most importantly, they learn differently than previous generations. Thanks in large part to digital bombardment, the ...

  By Jamie Bricker   Targeted teaching is all about setting students up for success.  Rather than hoping a certain topic hits the mark, it provides a progressive framework to ensure chosen tasks are purposeful, practical, and personal for the given learner. Progressing inwards from the outermost ring represents the powerful, and all important, evolution ...

  By Samuel Alfie   Ocean’s 13 is more than just a heist movie in a casino. It showed how using a high-tech artificial intelligence system precisely predicts the genuineness of a player’s win, by analyzing factors like – surprise, shock, hysteria, reaction, and change in the heart rate. These factors helped Al Pacino, the ...

  By Jacqueline Gordon   As we continue our research with principals into their experiences with the growing teacher shortage, I am somewhat surprised at the numbers that are still interviewing to fill open positions.    Having worked with and observed numerous schools/districts over the last 10 years, the reasons why are both simple and ...

  By Lori Jackson and Steve Peck   Schools have a core mission to develop students who have the all-around skills and knowledge to succeed in life. Regardless of the name we give these skills―grit, growth mindset, or social-emotional skills―these are the abilities that form the foundation for learning to take place.  The question for ...

  By Anna Iarotska   The rampant digitalization of our society has touched and fundamentally altered all domains of our lives, including education. What was once enough to prepare pupils for their adult life is no longer sufficient, and we urgently need to implement the new developments we see around us into school curricula. One ...

  By Tamara Fyke   Over the past year, I have had countless conversations with educators, from administrators to classroom teachers, about their perspectives on social-emotional learning (SEL).  My team and I have asked questions about current practices and needs.  The most common response we have received, without question, is the need to build the ...

  By Steve Halliwell and Cheryl Miller   Each fall, teachers will get a new sea of smiling faces in their classrooms. Almost no other industry operates under this unique business model, where each year your audience is replaced with a completely new one. And with that type of model in mind, it leads us ...