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Future Ready Schools® Launches New Network for Pennsylvania and West Virginia Educators
WASHINGTON, DC—School and school district leaders in West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania are invited to join an emerging network of innovative educators focused on creating more engaging learning environments for students. Announced today by Future Ready Schools®(FRS)—an initiative of the Alliance for Excellent Education—the FRS West Virginia and Pennsylvania (WVPA) Collaborative will improve educational opportunities…
Collaborating, Curating, and OER: BCPS School Librarian and Teacher Partnerships
The Future Ready Librarians (FRL) framework supports our continuing efforts to develop purposeful partnerships between school librarians and teachers and to connect our school libraries to classrooms. To deepen learning on curation and building instructional partnerships we recently launched a professional learning opportunity for collaborative teams consisting of school librarians and teachers. Our school librarians…
Future Ready Schools® Announces Two California Workshops for District and School Leaders
Free Workshops to Provide Opportunities for California’s Educators to Learn, Network, and Collaborate On November 27, 2018, Future Ready Schools® (FRS)—led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed)—announced two free workshops in December that will bring together educators from across California to learn how to create more engaging learning environments for students. Supported by Discovery…
Future Ready Schools® Announces Five Regional Institutes for District and School Leaders
Future Ready Schools® (FRS) today announced a series of free regional events to support school and district leaders in creating policies, procedures, and practices that transform teaching and learning. These five FRS “institutes” will feature professional learning for superintendents, district leaders, principals, teacher leaders, and instructional coaches, IT directors, and librarians/media specialists. To date, FRS…
ISTE 2018 Provides Megaphone for Edtech Groups
Groups like Common Sense and Future Ready Schools announced their latest efforts to ensure the effective use of technology in education.
Future Ready Schools® Announces New Program for School and District Technology Leaders
In Collaboration With Amazon Web Services, Future Ready Technology Leaders™ Empowers School Leaders to Implement a Vision for Personalized Learning WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Future Ready Schools® (FRS)—led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed)—announced Future Ready Technology Leaders™ (FRS Tech Leaders)—the latest expansion of the FRS initiative—aimed at empowering school and district technology leaders to better…
Are You a Future Ready Librarian?
Future Ready Librarians have a variety of top-notch skills and abilities, writes Mark Ray in eSchool News.
Sioux City School District Chosen As Part of New Digital Equity Program
Sioux City schools have been chosen to join a small number of districts to be apart of the new Digital Equity program by Future Ready Schools.
Report: The Real Role of Blended Learning in Instruction
What is the real role of blended learning in instruction? Find out in THE Journal‘s article on the new FRS blended learning report.
Guide for Blending Instruction and Technology
Big Deal Media featured Future Ready Schools’ new guidebook for implementing an instructional approach supported by blended learning.
Future Ready Advisor Stresses Importance of Pedagogy in 1:1
Future Ready Advisor Brianna Hodges stresses the importance of pedagogy in 1:1, and talks rural schools in Education Dive.
Future Ready Schools® Releases New Guide for Districts Looking to Blend Teaching with Technology
WASHINGTON, DC—In conjunction with the seventh annual Digital Learning Day, Future Ready Schools® (FRS), an initiative of the Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed), released a new guide for school districts interested in using “blended learning” to support their approach to instruction. Blended learning is a variety of practices and strategies that combine online learning with…