It's been 15 year since I opened the doors to my first group of 7th graders and I can remember it...
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5 Practices that Promote Sharing and Open Classroom Doors
It’s not uncommon to have teachers who teach next to one another for years yet have never seen...
The #InnovatorsMindsetMOOC (September 2016)
If you have have been wanting to read or reread The Innovator's Mindset by George Couros, now is...
Are We Asking the Right Type of Questions?
If you haven't seen Google's video, Rubik's Cube: A question, waiting to be answered, take a...
Learning is a Process, Not an Event
A few weeks ago our team led a leadership meeting with a partner district and we were discussing...
Moving Beyond the Digital vs. Print Reading Debate
In a recent blog, Larry Ferlazzo’s posed a question, Which is better for students -- reading paper...
Who's Leading the Leaders?
This week I spent a great deal of time with various leaders trying to understand their roles. I...
Culture is Everything in Schools
I read this article recently, Workplace Culture is Everything: 20 Ideas For Building a Thriving...
Dr. Katie Martin
Dr. Katie Martin is the author of Learner-Centered Innovation and VP of Leadership and Learning at Altitude Learning. She teaches in the graduate school of Education at High Tech High and is on the board of Real World Scholars. Learn More.
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School Doesn't Have to Kill Creativity
This week was my son’s 3rd-grade exhibition of learning, where he presented his final project and...
Learner-Centered Innovation Book Study: Part 3 Recap
The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big...
3 Professional Learning Practices that Honor the Expertise of Educators
A recent article in EdWeek highlighted the frustration that many educators feel in professional...
Learner-Centered Innovation Book Study: Part 2 Recap #LCInnovation
You can't mandate learning Who could your students access to help them learn? How might your...