Cultivating community partnerships is a foundational element in the Baltimore County Public Schools’s (BCPS’s) library story. BCPS’s collaborations with Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL), Towson…
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More Than Just an iPad: Personalizing Learning at an Early Age
“You do what in kindergarten?!” is a common question I hear when asked about how we are redesigning Woodson Kindergarten Center (#WoodsonK) in Austin, Minnesota,…
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Whitney Koss, a senior at ROWVA High School in Illinois, shares her perspective on what it means to be Future Ready.
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Anthony Gabriele shares the story of how Garnet Valley, a K-12 suburban Philadelphia public school, built a Community Partnership with Kutztown University, an institution of higher education.
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The Future Ready Librarians (FRL) framework shapes conversations and anchors professional learning to grow teaching and learning practice in Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS). To…
Read MoreFuture Ready Schools® Encourages Educators to Speak Up!
FRS Urges District Leaders to Lead Conversations on Technology for Learning Future Ready Schools® (FRS)—led by the Alliance for Excellent Education—is thrilled to support Project…
Read MoreIgnite, Inspire and Innovate at the Future Ready Institute in Philadelphia
I recently attended the Future Ready Conference in Philadelphia and I can not say enough about what a powerful experience it was. If you have…
Read MoreWhy Do States Need to Be Future Ready?
The world is changing, driven largely by the rapid advances in technology over the past decades. While the impact of this change can be felt…
Read MoreWhat School Leaders Need to Drive Change in Schools
School is changing. Forget about those sepia images of rows of battered desks, like weary sentries, facing a dusty chalkboard. Over the past decade, thousands…
Read MoreFuture Ready Reflections from a Principal
I had the pleasure of attending a Future Ready Institute last week in Albany. It was a last minute decision to take the drive and…
Read MorePelham School District’s Path to Personalization
In April 2015, Pelham School District in New Hampshire began its journey to become a Future Ready Schools® (FRS) district. Work had begun to update…
Read MoreUtilizing ESSA to Support Your State’s Future Ready Schools® Work
Nearly fourteen years separate the enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December 2015 from its predecessor, the No Child Left Behind Act,…
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