Giving a voice to teacher-leaders, administrators, and students doing amazing things
How do you move from a traditional system to a contemporary one where personalized learning can thrive? Bena Kallick and Allison Zmuda first met Devin Vodicka when he was working as Superintendent of Vista Unified in California. In this interview, Read More …
Superintendent Matt Geary has been leveraging personalized learning as a means to further the end of creating an equitable learning environment for all students. As he reflects back on the past few years in Manchester, he clarifies: “I’ve learned that Read More …
Jill Thompson and I co-authored the book, How to Leverage Personalized Learning in the Classroom, which you can download for free on freshgrade.com. Jill is is the Personalized Learning Program Manager for Charlotte Mecklenberg Schools and the President of Edulum. Read More …
Allison Zmuda and Bena Kallick interviewed Bob Lenz, Executive Director of the Buck Institute for Education (BIE) and Brandon Wiley, Chief Program Officer of BIE. We were very much interested in the synergy that we see between project based learning Read More …
Pat Deklotz, Superintendent in Kettle Moraine School District in WI, chatted with Allison Zmuda and Bena Kallick about her 13-year journey with Personalized Learning and Habits of Mind. Her wise leadership and enthusiasm for the continuous learning they are engaged Read More …
Michelle Luhtala is the library department chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut, which won AASL’s National School Library Program of the year in 2010. Michelle was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2015, and won the Read More …
Silvia Tolisano is a colleague and friend who continues to inspire me and so many others on the meaningful way to leverage technology in service to inquiry, idea generation, and creation. Her blog is filled with fabulous ways and examples Read More …
Working in Vista, Calif., I took the opportunity to sit down with friend, colleague, and author Heidi Hayes Jacobs to discuss interdisciplinary curriculum. Heidi has more than 20 years’ experience in the field and shares insights in a number of Read More …