May 2, 20153 minGritty Educational Models to Prepare Kids for the Real WorldIf we could really step back and apply the principles of backward planning, we may not need to be talking about grit at the...
May 2, 20154 minWill Old School Practices Remain as Education Redefines Itself?As the worlds of higher education and K-12 redefine their missions and reshape their offerings, we continue to see resistance to models...
Apr 17, 20153 minThe Latest EdTech Concept: The Decision-Maker CapThe Decision-Maker Cap is the latest creation of our company, The Common Student. It is shaped like a baseball cap, is adjustable and...
Apr 7, 20154 minReplace High Stakes Testing with Higher Return Design ThinkingSeveral articles in the past couple of weeks have highlighted the methodology of design thinking for both the business environment and...
Apr 7, 20154 minBacking Into School Design from the Workplace of TomorrowI originally posted portions of this in a blog titled “This is a School That Johnny Wants to Attend.” A couple of readers thought the...
Mar 31, 20154 minIs Gen Z Prepared for the Real World or Not?This weekend’s Job Market Column, “Make Way for Generation Z,” by Alexandra Levit intrigued me frankly because of the overall optimism of...