Here are this week's must-read articles for teachers and instructional leaders:

Here are this week's must-read articles for teachers and instructional leaders:

Here are this week's must-read articles for teachers and instructional leaders:

There's a fantastic essay in the Washington Post today, penned by Illinois educator Stephen Traphagen, that explores why teachers, and students, should engage in "scary" conversations about failure and continuous learning. The entire piece is worth a read, but here's a teaser (and a spoiler, since it's the last paragraph):

This spring, students at Cornerstone Charter School’s Health + Technology High School developed a deeper appreciation for the IT industry through a school build-out project for some fictional but high-profile customers: Richmond High School, the School of Hard Knocks, and Hogwarts Academy.

This weekend we're headed to sunny Los Angeles for the EdSurge Tech for Schools Summit. If you're an educator in the LA area, this free event is a fantastic opportunity to find edtech partners for your classrooms, schools, and districts.

"The same personalized, collaborative, anytime/anywhere learning that technology can enable for students should be available for educators and administrators."

Wise words from the U.S. Department of Education, who this month released their EdTech Developer’s Guide.

Ben Stern, TeachBoost's manger of educational partnerships, responded to a recent EdSurge piece penned by Jin-Soo Huh about an administrator's return to teaching. Jin-Soo is KIPP Chicago's director of technology, and he put his teaching hat back on for a middle school math class.

Last week TeachBoost signed the Student Privacy Pledge.