Competency-Based Education (CBE):

whitePaper | December 19, 2022

Start researching ways to improve outcomes at a school or district and you will quickly notice that parent engagement strategies are often suggested as a method of improving student success (Auerbach, 2007). Parent engagement is a long-studied, often misunderstood, and sometimes controversial topic (Olivos et al., 2011; Shuffelton, 2017)

whitePaper | December 29, 2022

With communication tools flooding the K12 edtech landscape, it can be difficult to determine which option is best for your school district.

whitePaper | June 30, 2022

This report serves as an addendum to a previous report submitted to Digital Promise and Merlyn Mind in June 2021. This extension of previous work was commissioned by Digital Promise on behalf of Merlyn Mind to continue examining the impact of Symphony Classroom implementation in response to product developments

whitePaper | September 3, 2022

Building upon ideas from change management, improvement science, and inside-out systems development, Dr. Kris Rouleau from McREL’s Learning Services team offers seven guiding principles for district leaders to refine their systemwide approach to digitally mediated learning.

whitePaper | July 30, 2020

In October 2013, Getting Smart partnered with Rosetta Stone to release a report called “The Next Generation of World Language Learning.” The goal of the report was to create a vision for world language learning that acknowledged its role in global competency and to frame the vision inside broader shifts to personalized learning and blended instruction. Pointing to the potential of educational technology, we advocated for accessible, high-quality world language instruction for all students—from elementary through high school.

whitePaper | May 31, 2021

A key challenge that L&D teams face globally is holding the attention of the learners with engaging eLearning. As budgets rise and shrink, L&D teams also need to demonstrate the effectiveness of the training programs and justify costs to senior management and finance teams.