school innovation Archives

How 3 districts reimagined high school and the future of work

April 29, 2025 by Laura Ascione

When districts implement student-driven learning and personalized pathways, high school students understand their strengths and aspirations.

If students are to graduate prepared to succeed as they pursue higher education or join the future-ready workforce, high schools must evolve--and innovative districts are ready to meet…

Digital Innovation

5 notable trends in school innovation

December 7, 2022March 9, 2021 by Chelsea Waite, Research Fellow, Clayton Christensen Institute

A careful examination of data has revealed some encouraging trends about school innovation--and the promise it holds for students

Recently I told a group of high school students that my research investigates how schools are changing during the pandemic. One student’s unprompted reaction in the Zoom chat…

District Management

3 practices that support innovation

April 21, 2014 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Don't let the headline mislead you: This story won't tell you how to innovate. Still, being open and willing to take a risk or two can put your…

District Management

Here’s how to scale school innovation

May 23, 2013May 21, 2013 by Meris Stansbury

In a new TED talk, Adam Frankel, executive director of Digital Promise, discusses how technology can help bring personalized learning and school innovation to scale.

District Management

How the government can drive school innovation

November 16, 2012 by By Michael Horn

Most of the funding and decision-making around education in this country occur at the state and local levels. The federal government has limited ability to effect change. That…

District Management

Social think tank on innovation in education

September 18, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in Dell's "Social Think Tank" on Innovation in Education today., says Christopher Dawson for ZDNet Education.

District Management

Forum explores how to spur school innovation

January 28, 2011January 27, 2011 by By Jenna Zwang, Assistant Editor

Innovation was a key theme of President Obama’s State of the Union address on Jan. 25, and it also was the theme of a recent forum in Washington,…

District Management

NSBA’s final ed-tech conference explores school innovation

November 8, 2010November 5, 2010 by From staff reports

Reflecting the toll that the struggling economy has taken on education, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) said its 24th annual Technology + Learning (T+L) conference, held last…

District Management

$3.4B for 9 states, D.C. in Race to the Top grants

November 8, 2010August 24, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

More than 13 million students and 1 million educators will share $3.4 billion from the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" grant competition, the U.S.…

Teaching Trends

Cracks in school innovation fund might present problems

April 26, 2010March 9, 2010 by Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor

Just days before the U.S. Department of Education released applications for the $650 million Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund on March 8, education technology researchers and developers expressed…