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Who Should Own a Learner’s Data in an AI World? | Catching Up

Nate McClennen, Mason Pashia
Nov 6, 2026
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Jobs, Housing and Schools Worth Coming Home To in Native Communities | Joshua Arce

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Oct 29, 2026
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New learning models, tools, and strategies have made it easier to open small, nimble schooling models.

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Competency-Based Education

Designing, Assessing, and Implementing Educator Micro-credentials

Guest Author
Jan 30, 2020

After a year of collaborative development, CCSSO, Digital Promise, and other national organizations have released a set of principles for relevant and impactful educator micro-credentials.

Project-Based Learning

Students on Creating a Space For Students

Mason Pashia
Jan 30, 2020

MECA Challenge, a Kansas City initiative, challenges students to solve complex and real-world problems, like designing a museum space.

Equity & Access

Getting Clearer: A Contribution Solution

Guest Author
Jan 29, 2020

By: Joanne McEachen and Matthew Kane. Contributive learning helps educational systems focus on what really matters for students, creating equitable academic outcomes.

Leadership

Clayton Christensen on Being Intentional

Tom Vander Ark
Jan 28, 2020

Tom remembers Clayton Christensen, a renowned academic, businessman, and philanthropist. Clayton asked us to think hard about the forces that shape our work and life.

February: Exploring Agility in Learning
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February: Join Us in Exploring Agility in Learning

Getting Smart Staff
Jan 28, 2020

How can instruction be more flexible and responsive to the needs of today’s students? Let's explore agility in learning of K-12 education in February.

Leadership

The BETT Experience: Space, Technology, and People

Rachelle Dené Poth
Jan 28, 2020

These were some of the standout features and takeaways from BETT 2020, the largest global edtech conference hosted in London.

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Project-Based Learning

What Educators Need to Effectively Teach About the Holocaust

Guest Author
Jan 27, 2020

By: Ivy Schamis. Holocaust education helps to create compassionate young adults, which is a vital step in preventing and combating the existence of hate in our world.

Competency-Based Education

Show What You Know: A Parent’s Guide to the Global Shift to Competency

Tom Vander Ark
Jan 26, 2020

Our education system has six big problems, but solutions spurred by global initiates are emerging to tackle these prevalent issues.

Leadership

How a Focus on School Culture Can Save the Teaching Profession

Guest Author
Jan 25, 2020

By: Dr. Arun Ramanathan. To improve the quality of public education, schools should recognize the potential of cultivating its teachers' work environment.

Difference Making

Why Your Community Needs an Environmental Sustainability Coordinator

Tom Vander Ark
Jan 24, 2020

This Seed To Table program offered in a southern California school demonstrates the potential of compelling community-connected learning.

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