Can we stop calling critical life skills "soft skills?" There is nothing "soft" about being a world-class collaborator. Nothing "soft" about being able to identify root causes to problems and generate ideas and solutions. These are critical, not soft. #Education #JaimeRant

If we're concerned with students not being prepared, then we should give them academic credit to participate in programs that prepare them for college, and for life #emchat hechingerreport.org/seeking-advant…

Let me be clear, @chrissyteigen is my daily source of inspiration and laughter. Thanks EdLab for the feature! newlearningtimes.com/cms/article/57…

Interested in connecting and building with a community obsessed with reinventing education? Secure your place in the next onboarding cohort by applying by July 31st. beondeck.com/edtech?utm_sou…

Excited for the support Schmidt Futures for On Deck now ODF's EdTech launch. As we build digital tools for learning, we also have to invent tools for rapid and large-scale experimentation. With their support we will create a Learning Engineering track to tackle these questions.

Announcing ODX, a $100M accelerator to back the next generation of founders. • $125k for 7% from us + the community • Access to our network to hire, fundraise, or find customers • 100% customized for you Apply (or invest) today 👇 beondeck.com/x

Congratulations to the 57 ODX1 startups that wrapped their build sprints this week and participated in On Deck now ODF's first Demo Drop! Proud of all the founders — in fintech, proptech, enterprise saas, etc. across US, India, Africa, more — who took their companies from zero to one

dear Mark Suster, thank you. seriously, thank you. bothsidesofthetable.com/and-then-they-…

exploring things > knowing things inc.com/greg-satell/we…

this is awesome New York University -- we need more of these! educationdive.com/news/new-verti…

#3 Evolving Assignments. +1 for more course-long projects that students can leverage to learn about a topic deeply. facultyfocus.com/articles/teach…

can universities still have it all when recruiting students? Jeff Selingo The Atlantic theatlantic.com/education/arch…

across every grade level, all of the yes. thanks Jay McTighe & Matthew Gross for this! edsurge.com/news/2017-04-1…

support for public higher ed up in 33 states, down in 17 insidehighered.com/news/2017/04/2…

"Because in my work, I'm constantly confronting questions that can't be answered with code." 🙌🏼 Emma Pierson WIRED wired.com/2017/04/hey-co…

adding this course to my goals this quarter. thanks Coursera blog.coursera.org/expand-learnin…

awesome tips if you're contemplating a gap year -- thanks Emily Perschbacher chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-…

1000% agree with Emily at @DNopinion that Gap Years provide tangible benefits. bit.ly/2AG0ypp