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Building Competencies for Careers: Preparing Students for Twenty-First-Century Jobs

This webinar, cohosted by the Alliance for Excellent Education, Center on Education Policy (CEP), and Council for a Strong America, featured a new research report from CEP on the most valuable skills and competencies required for more than 300 occupations nationwide. It also examined the role that external partners, including business, higher education, and community organizations, can play in helping students develop expertise in the field to supplement the academic content and learning that takes place in schools.

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Designing Collaborative Spaces

This webinar examined how librarians can design, support, and champion collaborative and flexible spaces that promote inquiry, creativity, collaboration and community. Carolyn Foote and Andy Plemmons shared how they designed library spaces with flexibility and student learning at the center. They shared stories, examples, and pushed viewers to make changes and embrace library spaces and communities as Future Ready Librarians too.

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Paper Thin? Why All High School Diplomas Are Not Created Equal

This webinar focused on a new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education, “Paper Thin? Why All High School Diplomas Are Not Created Equal.” The report analyzes the degree to which traditionally underserved students graduate from high school having earned a college- and career-ready diploma in comparison with their peers for the Class of 2014. The analysis reveals that while many states offer students multiple pathways to a diploma, not all pathways align with college- and career-ready expectations.

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Deeper Learning in ESSA Implementation and School Intervention

The Alliance for Excellent Education, National Conference of State Legislators, and National Association of State Boards of Education convened state legislators, state education board chairs, state education agency leaders, and governors’ education advisors to discuss the status of the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in states. Archived video from the event is available.

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Communications Planning for Innovation in Education: New Guide and District Profiles

Future Ready Schools® Invites You to a Participate in a Webinar Communications Planning for Innovation in Education: New Guide and District Profiles Panelists Katie Malovec, Instructional Educator Effectiveness Coach, Racine Unified School District (WI) Janice Vargo, Associate Partner, Education Elements Sharice Walker, Community and Public Relations Director, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District (AK) Moderator […]

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Hacking Project Based Learning

This webinar focused on demystifying project based learning. Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy will introduce ten hacks that construct a simple path educators and students can easily follow to achieve success. Speakers elaborated on these frequently asked questions:

How can a learning space that promotes risk-taking and lends itself to inquiry be developed?
What needs to be done to create a vision for a project?
How can student learning be assessed and guided?
How can students share their work outside their classroom’s walls?

Panelists shared strategies and resources for implementing and leading project based learning, and they addressed questions submitted by viewers from across the nation.

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Future Ready Librarians: Empowering Students as Creators

Future Ready Librarians: Empowering Students as Creators Part of the Future Ready Librarians Webinar Series Presenters Traci Chun, Teacher Librarian Lead, Skyview High School and Vancouver Public Schools (WA) Diana Rendina, Media specialist, Tampa Preparatory School (FL) Moderator Shannon McClintock Miller, Spokesperson, Future Ready Librarians; Spokesperson, Project Connect On June 13, 2017 Future Ready Schools® […]

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Students’ Well-Being: How Educators Can Make a Difference

This webinar, cohosted by the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), focused on a new report from the OECD, “Students’ Well-Being: PISA 2015 Results,” which analyzes for the first time students’ motivation to perform well in school, their relationships with peers and teachers, their home life, and how they spend their time outside of school.

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Elevating Open Educational Resources: District-Scale Approaches to Openly Licensed Materials

Future Ready Schools® Invites You to a Participate in a Webinar Elevating Open Educational Resources: District-Scale Approaches to Openly Licensed Materials Panelists Matt Miller, Superintendent, Mentor Public Schools (OH) Tom Murray, Director of Innovation, Future Ready Schools®, Alliance for Excellent Education Karen Vaites, Chief Evangelist and Community Development Officer, Open Up Resources Please join Future […]

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Global Lessons for America’s High Schools

This webinar, cohosted by the Alliance for Excellent Education and America Achieves, focused on how high schools are using global best practices to change classroom instruction and improve student outcomes.