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How Librarians Hold the Key to Future Ready Schools

Digital Promise

I posed that question in my recent TEDx talk during the 2016 Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools meeting in San Diego. In June, I began working formally with the Alliance for Excellent Education as Lead for Future Ready Librarians. How can librarians and libraries become more Future Ready?

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Are you a Future Ready Librarian?

eSchool News

That pioneering work led to Future Ready Librarians , an extension of the national Future Ready Schools initiative at the Alliance for Excellent Education. Despite seeing glasses as half-full, I will acknowledge that not all school librarians are Future Ready.

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In the News…2016

Tom Murray

Creating Cultures of Innovation in Future Ready Schools, EduTalkRadio , Link. Future of Education Technology Conference ( FETC ) Reveals 2017 Advisory Board, FETC , Link. Q&A with Thomas Murray on How K-12 Is Becoming Future Ready, EdTech Magazine , Link. What’s Hot, What’s Not in 2016?,

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US Edtech Policy Conversations Amidst Coronavirus Concerns with Tom Murray

The CoolCatTeacher

Murray Tom serves as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools® , a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education , located in Washington, D.C. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. About Thomas C.

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2016 FUTURE READY SCHOOLS: DASHBOARD SUMMER SPRINT

techlearning

Since working through the Future Ready Schools (FRS) dashboard is a huge commitment, the FRS team is hosting a contest to help districts sprint across the finish line.

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Librarians at the Forefront of “Future Ready”

edWeb.net

Librarians are at the forefront of helping schools become “future ready.” The Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) launched its Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative in October 2014 with the aim of leveraging technology and connectivity to personalize and transform learning.

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What Educational Leadership Looks Like Today with Dr. Joe Sanfelippo

The CoolCatTeacher

The Fall Creek School District was named an Innovative District in 2016 and 2017 by the International Center for Leadership in Education. He was selected as 1 of 117 Future Ready Superintendents in 2014 and 1 of 50 Superintendents as a Personalized Learning Leader in 2016 by the US Department of Education.

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