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The Future of Smart
Applying Ecological Design Principles to Rebuild Eduction Post-COVID
What can we learn about design principles from schools and districts that pivoted more successfully during the COVID pandemic? In what ways do these design principles help us better respond to the holistic needs of young people, educators and communities? Hear insights from Andy Calkins and Nicole Allard from the "What Made Them So Prepared Project," a collaborative project among nine organizations leading in the education transformation space. Stewart Hudson from the Leon Lownstein Foundation will join us to discuss the unique funding approach taken to support the work and the grantmaking insights that emerged.
A Revolution in Education
What Can YOU Do?
If we are going to make a dent in our education system today and both imagine and pursue new possibilities for our youth and the adults who serve them, then we each have to ask ourselves: What can I do? Join Mike Poore, Superintendent of the Little Rock (AR) Public Schools; Nicole Allard, Executive Director of Innovation & Educational Excellence at Vista (CA) Unified School District; Saskia Op den Bosch, Transcend Education and co-founder of Rev-X; Alexa Sorden, Founding Principal of Concourse Village Elementary School in the Bronx; Ethan Wiechmann, Director of Cedar Falls CAPS; and Hadley Ferguson, co-founder and Executive Director of Edcamp Foundation
TeachLab with Justin Reich
Subtraction in Action: Admin
In today’s episode, host Justin Reich continues our series on Subtraction in Action in conversation with education leaders around the country. We reflect on the ways that administrators relate to subtraction, and hear stories from the field. Justin is joined by Beth Rabbitt, CEO of the Learning Accelerator; Nicole Allard, Executive Director of Educational Excellence and Innovation in the Vista Unified School District in California; and Tyler Thigpen, Co-Founder of The Forest School in Atlanta, Georgia & the Institute for Self Directed Learning
TeachLab with Justin Reich
Subtraction in Action: Curriculum
Teach Lab’s Subtraction in Action series continues as our host Justin Reich explores subtraction in curriculum. Justin reflects, “One of the things that happened during the pandemic is that educators had to reduce. There has just not been a way in the last few years to teach everything that we typically teach in a year, or at least if we choose to do that, we're choosing to leave students behind in a way that I think most teachers are unwilling to do. So educators have had to go back and re-look at their curriculum. They've had to go back and say, "What's the most important thing here? What are the most marginal things here?" Justin is joined by educators around the country who share their experiences in cutting content and reducing standards. Our conversation includes Beth Rabbitt, CEO of the Learning Accelerator; Nicole Allard, Executive Director of Educational Excellence and Innovation in the Vista Unified School District in California; and Tyler Thigpen, Co-Founder of The Forest School in Atlanta, Georgia & the Institute for Self Directed Learning.
TeachLab with Justin Reich
Subtraction in Action: Wrap Up
Our host Justin Reich wraps up our series on Subtraction in Action with his reflections, along with highlights from conversations about the act of subtraction with education thought leaders from around the country. “We're just not that good as human beings at thinking about subtractive solutions. We've thought about stuff that we could add, but have we really taken the time to think about things that we could subtract?”