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New Education Policy Roadmap Aims to Ensure High School Graduates in Every State are ‘Future-Ready’

eSchool News

CHICAGO – Parents and educators agree that a key goal of K-12 education is to ensure that students are “future-ready”—with the knowledge, skills, and drive to navigate their careers and lives. Access the full report: Educating Future-Ready Students: Bridging Social and Emotional Learning and Career and Workforce Development.

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Leading eLearning: A Future Ready Library opportunity

eSchool News

At Follett, we’ve spent the last few weeks working with districts across the country and have witnessed the best from educators–like mobilizing to make sure students are fed, continue learning, and have the resources they need.

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First Future Ready Schools Summit Kicks Off

EdTech Magazine

Bandwidth Management Funding Leadership Management Mobile Broadband Mobility Networking Wireless' Frank Smith School leaders gather for orientation on nationwide digital-learning efforts, in conjunction with ConnectED.

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Bridging the Gap in Rural Putnam County, Tennessee Through Personalized Learning

Education Elements

with 23 schools spread across 400 square miles, we share many of the challenges faced by our fellow rural school districts nationwide, including inconsistent attendance, long commutes, and a high "mobility rate" - the rate at which students are moving in and out of the district. In Putnam County, Tenn.,

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Future Ready Schools® Releases New Blended Learning Guide for Districts

techlearning

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.

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Amplify: Digital Teaching and Learning in the K–6 Classroom

Tom Murray

Future Ready Schools ® Invites You to a Participate in a Webinar. Tom Murray , Director of Innovation, Future Ready Schools ® , Alliance for Excellent Education. Mobile devices provide new options for students to create as they make a movie, record a song, or publish a blog post to capture understanding.

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Future Ready Flexible Classrooms

There is no box

A mobile standing height platform with storage is popular with teachers. classroom furniture flexible learning environment future ready' Teachers need a place to present from, but it shouldn’t have to be at the front of the classroom. This is in addition to a teacher desk for one on one student collaboration.