{"id":50857,"date":"2015-06-22T10:53:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T14:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=50857"},"modified":"2015-06-22T10:55:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T14:55:44","slug":"25-impact-opportunities-in-u-s-k-12-education-getting-smart-vulcan-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2015\/06\/22\/25-impact-opportunities-in-u-s-k-12-education-getting-smart-vulcan-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"25 impact opportunities in U.S. K-12 education [Getting Smart & Vulcan, Inc.]"},"content":{"rendered":"

25 impact opportunities in U.S. K-12 education<\/a> <\/strong>— by Getting Smart in partnership with Vulcan, Inc.
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Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

With support from Vulcan Inc<\/a>, a Paul Allen company,\u00a0Getting Smart<\/a> conducted a series of expert interviews with education and philanthropy leaders, and led a design workshop, to identify and vet impact investment strategies in U.S. K-12 education. This resulting report outlines opportunities where organizations can participate in making significant shifts in the American education landscape, ultimately improving student outcomes.<\/p>\n

Through our research and interviews, approximately four dozen impact opportunities were identified in the following 10 categories and are described within the report:<\/p>\n

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  1. Student-Centered Learning<\/li>\n
  2. New School Development<\/li>\n
  3. Professional Learning & Development<\/li>\n
  4. Next-Gen Assessment<\/li>\n
  5. Entrepreneurship Education<\/li>\n
  6. Portable Data & Parent Engagement<\/li>\n
  7. Learning Resources<\/li>\n
  8. Social-Emotional Learning<\/li>\n
  9. Early Learning<\/li>\n
  10. STEM, Coding & Computer Science<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Also see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

    EdTech 10: When impact potential is ripe<\/a> <\/strong>— from gettingsmart.com<\/p>\n

    Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n

    1. Microschool, big impact.<\/b> We\u2019ve seen<\/a> how microschools could, in most cities, accelerate the transition to next-gen learning. That\u2019s why we were so excited to see AltSchool highlighted in a video on CBS News This Morning<\/a>.
    \n…
    \n4. Mind the gap.<\/b>     Closing the Achievement at Three Virtual Academies<\/a>, is a new report from K12<\/a> that highlights the progress of Texas Virtual Academy (leaders in Course Access<\/a> in the Lone Star State), Arizona Virtual Academy, and Georgia Cyber Academy in creating opportunities for low-income students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    25 impact opportunities in U.S. K-12 education — by Getting Smart in partnership with Vulcan, Inc. Excerpt: With support from Vulcan Inc, a Paul Allen company,\u00a0Getting Smart conducted a series of expert interviews with education and philanthropy leaders, and led a design workshop, to identify and vet impact investment strategies in U.S. K-12 education. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[472,68,45,343,347,141,533,46,173,269,204,83,80,66,89,50,321,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-active-learning","category-assessment","category-computer-science","category-education","category-education-reform","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-experimentation","category-k-12-related","category-pedagogy","category-professional-development","category-programming","category-science","category-stem-related","category-student-related","category-teachers","category-teaching-learning","category-united-states","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50857"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50861,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50857\/revisions\/50861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}