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Competency-Based Education

The Tyranny of College Admissions: Why It’s So Challenging to Have Real Change in K-12 Education

Guest Author

Jun 8, 2026

SEL & Mindset

Running Your Own Race: Why Agency Begins in the Interior Life

Rebecca Midles

Jun 5, 2026

SEL & Mindset

What If School Offered More? The Case for Community Schools

Guest Author

Jun 4, 2026

Student painting a cardboard box with dark red and yellow colors in an art classroom workshop setting.

Ed Policy

The Conditions That Make Durable Skills Real: How Schools and Systems Build for Agency, Identity, and Vision

Guest Author

Jun 2, 2026

Competency-Based Education

Living the Portrait Together: The Power of Parallel Pedagogy

Abby Benedetto, Kimberly Erickson

Jun 1, 2026

Two middle school boys work together on a coding project.

Leadership

What AI-Enabled Education Actually Looks Like When It’s Working for Workforce Students

Guest Author

May 28, 2026

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Equity & Access

How System Leaders Can Intentionally Design to Build Math Identity

Guest Author

May 26, 2026

How system leaders can improve math achievement by designing instruction that builds math identity, reasoning, and confidence.

Leadership

The Formulaic Trap: Why AI Finds Your Assignments Easy

David Ross

May 21, 2026

AI exposes formulaic assignments by completing them easily, pushing educators to design more human, contextual, inquiry-rich learning.

Ed Policy

Addressing Symptoms but not Problems: How Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn Shape the Modern Classroom

Guest Author, Beth Holland

May 19, 2026

How fear of screen time and AI shapes school responses—and why education must address structural challenges, not just devices. and why education must address structural challenges, not just devices.

EdTech

The Shift from Informed to Involved: NewSchools Summit as a Call For Agency and Collective Action

Jean Liu

May 15, 2026

Discover how participants at the NewSchools Summit engaged with AI, shifting from users to innovators in technology.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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