Caroline Vander Ark
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Passionate innovations in learning and leadership. Foodie at heart. President @Getting_Smart.
Joined November 2008
📷 We're thrilled to announce our session proposals for #SXSWEDU 2025! Support our ideas on arts, humanistic values, and microschools by voting here: Help Us Shape the Future of Education #GettingSmart #EducationInnovation #SXSW
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Help shape the #SXSWEDU program by voting on your favorite #PanelPicker ideas!
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In a world where smartphones play an integral role in daily life, how can schools navigate their impact on childhood development? A new #GettingSmartBlog explores this question and advocates for a "hard reset" on the phone-based childhood experience:
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Responding to Jonathan Haidt’s recent claims about phone-based childhood, Julia Freeland Fisher argues that schools must play a core leadership role in phone use and artificial intelligence.
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Exceptional educators, we celebrate you! If you're championing inclusive practices for students with disabilities, connecting them to career opportunities, we want to hear your story. @AVID4College & @Getting_Smart
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Both communities and education leaders know that it's time for a change! Check out #ThePortraitModel for insights on building coherence, alignment and momentum in schools and systems. #PortaitOfAGraduate #SchoolLeadership
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A “Portrait” framework helps leaders implement a new collective re-design vision. This publication highlights the Portrait of a Learner, the Portrait of a System, the Portrait of a Leader, the...
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Congratulations to the newest #edtech vendors to earn the @projunicorn Interoperability Certification! @lightspeedsys, @AeriesSIS, @MyEdPower, @AvantAssessment, @ClassLink, and @WavioEd. Read more: https://t.co/hzngmYncfh
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So excited to start the day with over 40 principals from the Kansas and Missouri area focused on how to continue to support #RealWorldLearning this year. @KauffmanFDN
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📢Attention #SmallSchool Innovators! Unlock the potential of your visionary ideas with the Learning Innovation Fund. Funding that fuels innovation and impact is within reach. Discover more: https://t.co/SKmnQ5UsZm
#EducationTransformation #GrantOpportunity
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The A Big Push for Small Schools program plans to roll out up to 20 grants, to fast-track the influence and scalability of select microschool models across the entire K-12 spectrum. We’re looking for...
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How might we build a green and sustainable society? Check out our new #GreenPathways resource! https://t.co/j30R0MBd7Y
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This publication shows school leaders, learning stakeholders and industry the importance of embedding green pathways in the K12 experience.
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“Improvement must be about the pursuit of economic and racial justice. Don’t take gradual for inconsequential. Transformation takes time.” Powerful words from @TimothyKnowles_ #CarnegieSummit2023 @Getting_Smart
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One day left to submit an application to our Education Innovation Showcase! 10 finalists will receive complimentary registration & hotel at the '23 ASU+GSV Summit, with over $50k in cash + prizes up for grabs. @leapinchicago @classineeo
https://t.co/yEPbbg5nMW
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Meet the Top 10 Finalists for the Education Innovation Showcase at ASU+GSV Summit, where K-12 leaders pitch groundbreaking solutions for a chance to win the grand prize and support from top education...
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What does #UnbundledLearning look like? Check out our new resource:
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This publication from Getting Smart highlights unbundling and rebundling learning experiences for powerful, community driven learning.
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Curious about K12 school system capabilities for leveraging education data? Check out the 2022 Project Unicorn State of the Sector Report! https://t.co/qz7hwswwnf
#edtech #edtechchat #eddata
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The Project Unicorn State of the Sector report is the first of its kind analysis of K-12 school system capabilities and infrastructure for leveraging education data.
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Planning my trip to the Willows Lodge in Washington. For friends traveling soon: https://t.co/RMI8k9v0e1
@willowslodge
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LAST CHANCE! #GIVEAWAY Thanks to LibroFm, we have 2 copies of The Sleep-Deprived Teen to giveaway! 1. Like this post 2. Follow @Getting_Smart & @LewisLisaL 3. Tag a friend ⬇️ You'll both be entered. Giveaway ends 8/16. Winner will be notified by DM. https://t.co/w6KnUiHJQM
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We're happy to share the next @educateall_org New Champions Fund judge - @AKASMOM from @KauffmanFDN! Learn more about the judges and how you can earn a $35k grant at
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The EALA New Champions Fund is an annual unrestricted competitive sub-grant and year-long mentorship to support leaders of color, or allies of the equity in education movement, who are actively...
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Happy #EarthDay! Enjoy this new episode of the #GSPodcast, where @nmcclenn is joined by @MaggieFavretti and Benjamin Freud, Ph.D., authors, consultants and advocates for the environment, for people and for a more sustainable future. Listen in: https://t.co/KSBMOav4mi
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"Self-sustenance, community relationship, cultural connection—these are some of the principles we aim to pass onto the next generation, as we create caretakers of our future, leaders of our island." #EarthDay #MaKaHanaKaIke #PlaceBasedLearning
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Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke is a youth-focused vocational training, educational, and community-based nonprofit in Hāna, Maui. Through core programs and initiatives, Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke empowers and nurtures...
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