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EdTech

AI Agents Are Coming to a Classroom Near You

David Ross

May 1, 2025

AI agents in education offer personalized learning, but require administrators to ensure equity, privacy, and proactive policy creation.

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Leadership

Leading in Uncertain Times

Rebecca Midles

Apr 29, 2025

Exploring leadership's true essence amidst challenges, emphasizing action, compassion, and resilience in education for lasting impact.

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Ed Policy

State Education R&D: A Catalyst for Innovation, Continuous Improvement, and System Transformation

Guest Author

Apr 28, 2025

State education R&D investment in education fosters personalized, competency-based learning and innovation for enhanced learner outcomes.

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Equity & Access

Lifelong Learning as Abundant Learning

Mason Pashia

Apr 24, 2025

Explore how expanding education systems to serve all ages can transform funding and foster abundant, lifelong learning.

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Learner-Centered

In Wisconsin, How Has A Rural Respite for Learning Become a Statewide Haven for Healing?

Sam Chaltain

Apr 22, 2025

Norris School District in Wisconsin creates a unique learner-centered environment, empowering youth through personalized learning and community integration.

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EdTech

Copying and Pasting Your Way to Critical Thinking

David Ross

Apr 21, 2025

Explore how copy-paste can transform learning, enhancing critical thinking and writing skills in the digital age.

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Learning Design

How can we reimagine where learning happens? Designing schools as community hubs within a personalized ecosystem

Rebecca Midles, Tom Vander Ark, Nate McClennen

Apr 17, 2025

Exploring schools as community hubs, integrating real-world and digital resources for a personalized learning ecosystem.

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Leadership

Students Aren’t Coming to School – Here’s What We Can Do About It

Guest Author

Apr 14, 2025

Understanding student stories can address absenteeism. Engage families, build community partnerships, and listen for effective solutions.

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Personalized Learning

Relationally Responsible Tech: Designing a Digital Future That Puts People First

Mason Pashia, Isabelle Hau

Apr 10, 2025

Relationally responsible tech as the opposite of "junk tech," advocating for technology designed with children's and families' well-being in mind to foster relational intelligence rather than isolation.

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Competency-Based Education

The Transcript Trap: Why Our Students Need Credentials, Not Just Grades

Rebecca Midles, Nate McClennen

Apr 9, 2025

Our education system should prioritize credentials over grades to better prepare students for a dynamic workforce.

	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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