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Where Does Work to Imagine a Learner-Centered Ecosystem Begin?
While learner-centered ecosystems can begin in a variety of ways, establishing key people, practices, connections, or conditions to build upon is one approach to developing a strong foundation.
A Community Micro-Credentials Effort Connects Students to Local Employers
In Florida, a career and technical education collaboration has yielded immediate benefits for high schoolers and local businesses.
Values-Driven Learning in Hawai’i Helps Learners Find What They Are SEEQing
The School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability in Hawai’i connects learners with real-world problems and purpose.
Portland Youth Exercise Power through Participatory Budgeting
Oregon implemented an experiment in giving young community members direct say over how to spend public dollars as a way to participate in community governance.
TRETC 2024: Revolutionizing Technology and Work
Norton Gusky reflects on TRETC 2024, highlighting some of the best connections, demonstrations and discussions.
Students Are Still Telling the Stories
Students At Cherokee High School are creating their own video packages to continue the Cherokee tradition of storytelling.
Go Slow to Go Fast: Change Through Focus
One school leader shares their reflections on driving change in a a system that, often, seems unchangeable.
How to Co-Design Curriculum: Fostering Inclusivity through Shared Family Narratives
Not sure how to begin a transformative educational journey with a co-designed curriculum with learners? Here is my experience doing just that, by partnering with learners to actively shape their experiences by celebrating diversity through family narratives and recipes.
Making Civic Learning Meaningful With And For Young People
Through iThrive's Game Design Studio teens were engaged as equals and experts in imagining and ideating alongside others in the civic education ecosystem.
Innovating with Integrity: Building Trust in an AI-Driven World
When we design schools that give every individual a human advantage in the age of AI we create a future where technology is enriched with human insight and leadership.