This toolkit contains the process and methods of design, adapted specifically for the context of K-12 education. It offers new ways to be intentional and collaborative when designing, and empowers educators to create impactful solutions.

"The U.S. Department of Education has declared August Connected Educator Month, and since we'd be nothing without the teachers we've connected with over the years, we're enthusiastically on board. To celebrate, we asked every educator who has written a guest post for us, been featured in a Reader Idea, or collaborated on one of our features to answer two simple questions: What is one important thing you've learned from someone in your Personal Learning Network (P.L.N.), however you define that network? What one person, group or organization would you recommend every educator add to his or her P.L.N.?"

The modern workplace and lifestyle demand that students balance cognitive, personal, and interpersonal abilities, but current education policy discussions have not defined those abilities well, according to a special report released this afternoon by the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science in Washington. A "who's who" team of experts from the National Academies' division of behavioral and social sciences and education and its boards on testing and on science education collaborated for more than a year on the report, intended to define just what researchers, educators, and policymakers mean when they talk about "deeper learning" and "21st-century skills."

Think Twitter is just a waste of time? Think again. Its organizational structure makes it an effective tool for connecting with students and others online

When Have You Ever Failed at Something? What Happened as a Result? We pose these questions for students to answer as part of thinking about the broad theme of "failure": how it is defined, what it means and what it can lead to.

The Teacher's Guide to Project Based Learning

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The future. What do our students really need to know and be able to do to succeed in future education and careers?

Through the new ASCD iTunes U channel, educators can stay up-to-date with the most recent audio and video professional development content, including ASCD webinars Archived conference presentations Interviews with ASCD authors Video profiles of educators