Schools also need to understand the power of negotiating prices, price transparency, shared purchasing and utilization, or, “How do we get the most bang for the buck?” said Tom Murray, who is director of innovation for Future Ready Schools.
Bristol Township School District Empowers Students Through Innovative Digital Learning Strategies
Building community partnerships (one of the seven gears in the Future Ready Framework) has been instrumental in supporting Bristol Township School District’s transition to student-centered learning. Through partnerships with Digital Promise—a Future Ready Schools® (FRS) founding partner—and the Verizon Foundation, Bristol Township launched a one-to-one student-to-device initiative at its two middle schools in 2015. Now,…
“Student Centered, Future Focused”: Montour School District Designs Schools That Are Future Ready
Whether they are teaching multiplication facts with the video game Minecraft or exploring engineering concepts in a Lego-themed makerspace, educators in Pennsylvania’s Montour School District always ask themselves, “Is this best for children?”—not just for today, but for the future students will face as adults. “Our entire school community, led by our superintendent and school…
Avonworth School District Engages Students with Community-Based Projects and Innovative Classroom Spaces
The mission of Avonworth School District in western Pennsylvania is to “empower students through authentic experiences to become creative, innovative thinkers.” To fulfill that mission, the district embarked on a strategic planning process to determine what is most important for the district’s 1,856 students to learn and how they should learn it. Through that process,…