The Consortium for Public Education
Published by Pam Gaynor
Published by Pam Gaynor
Educators and employers alike attending our Future Ready Partnerships Conference earlier this month found plenty of leads to follow up. Expressing a sentiment heard widely during the daylong event, Deer Lakes School District’s Assistant Superintendent Bobbi-Ann Barnes said, “I have a lot of emails to send out and phone calls to make—I’m excited.” She noted […]
Published by Pam Gaynor
The Consortium kicks off summer with two professional development opportunities. First up is an Introduction to Design Thinking for Education, a series of four half-day workshops beginning June 21 that will acquaint participants with the design cycle and how different Human-Centered Design methods can be used. Participants will leave with the knowledge and skills they […]
Published by Pam Gaynor
Coaching the Hampton High School students who participated in our Future Readiness Lab last year helped Scott Stickney take a few new tools into the Career Explorations Class he’s teaching this year. The Consortium piloted the Lab last year in collaboration with The Heinz Endowments and eight school districts as a novel framework for supporting […]
Published by Pam Gaynor
When Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab invited the Consortium to become a lead partner in launching Hear Me! in 2011, we saw it as an opportunity to help schools harness the power of “student voice.” The Hear Me! project aimed to help kids understand that their thoughts, feelings, and ideas were important, and to encourage […]
Published by Pam Gaynor
With her last day as our Executive Director coming up Friday, Mary Kay Babyak offered this farewell reflection on her time here and the people with whom she worked.
Published by Pam Gaynor
In 2007, we launched the Middle High Forum, a network that brought together districts aiming to improve the transition students make between middle school and high school. At the same time, we jettisoned our old name—the Mon Valley Education Consortium—because new programming, like the Forum, was attracting participants from an expanded geographic footprint. When the […]
Published by Pam Gaynor
Lots of Professional Development opportunities for educators aim to illuminate ways to personalize learning or demystify concepts like competency-based assessment and Universal Design for Learning. Participants in our Future Ready Alliance had a chance this month to learn how all three are working together at California Area School District, where educators are piloting the innovations […]
Published by Pam Gaynor
Educators who would like to learn the basics of design thinking and Human-Centered Design (HCD) are invited to register for a free, hour-long webinar on Wednesday, April 21 at 3:30 pm. Our trainers will give an overview and provide tips, tricks, and design methods needed to get you started using HCD in your districts, schools, […]
Published by Pam Gaynor
When Cornell School District launched a program this year offering Professional Development pathways matched to teachers’ interests, the district’s Director of Technology & Instructional Innovation, Kris Hupp, wasn’t surprised to find Project-Based Learning on their wish lists. For some teachers, PBL “can be a really significant lift,” he said. “It’s really a rethinking of the […]
The Consortium for Public Education is a catalyst for advancement in K-12 education and workforce development. We connect schools with partners and resources, to support students in preparing for their futures.
