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New Pathways

Jamie Merisotis on Human Work in the Age of AI

Tom Vander Ark
May 21, 2025
Leadership

Michael Fullan and Kaleb Rashad on Leading in a Culture of Change

Tom Vander Ark
May 14, 2025
Career & Technical Ed

Catching Up! | Curation, Vibe Coding and New Priorities for Education

Mason Pashia, Nate McClennen
May 9, 2025
Future of Learning

Celeste Bolin on How One Stone is Rethinking Assessment

Victoria Andrews
May 7, 2025
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Unfulfilled Promise: The Forty-Year Shift from Print to Digital and Why It Failed to Transform Learning

The Portrait Model: Building Coherence in School and System Redesign

Green Pathways: New Jobs Mean New Skills and New Pathways

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

Horizon Three (H3) Learning

Focused on charting and defining the future-ready education system we need to serve and prepare all learners.

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Focusing on how making a difference has emerged as one of the most powerful learning experiences.

New Pathways

This campaign will serve as a road map to the new architecture for American schools. Pathways to citizenship, employment, economic mobility, and a purpose-driven life.

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We share stories that highlight best practices, lessons learned and next-gen teaching practice.

Green Schools

The climate crisis is the most complex challenge mankind has ever faced. We’re covering what edleaders and educators can do about it. 

 

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Equity & Access

Honoring A Legacy of Leaders: The Jeanes Fellowship

Mason Pashia
Feb 12, 2024

The Jeanes Fellowship, an homage to the legacy of Jeanes Teachers in the South, helps educators focus on essential conversations around identity, belonging and justice.

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New Pathways

Passion Projects and Peer Feedback: A Recipe for Work That Matters

Nate McClennen, Mason Pashia
Feb 8, 2024

In our latest check-in on Khan World School, we observe inspiring student-led projects, inquiry-based learning and personalized experiences.

Difference Making

Values-Driven Learning in Hawai’i Helps Learners Find What They Are SEEQing

Guest Author
Feb 6, 2024

The School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability in Hawai’i connects learners with real-world problems and purpose.

"A blackboard covered in white scribbles" by Cy Twombly
Learner-Centered

Building An Authentic Learning Culture Starts With Imperfection and Vulnerability

Aaron Schorn, Mike Yates
Feb 5, 2024

Aaron Schorn and Mike Yates highlight how to change learner perception of vulnerability and radically transform your classroom.

Leadership

Transforming Learning, Deciding Where to Start: Practical Steps for Educational Leaders

Rebecca Midles
Feb 1, 2024

Rebecca Midles showcases her tried and true design process for getting started with transforming learning systems.

Learner-Centered

Portland Youth Exercise Power through Participatory Budgeting

Guest Author
Jan 29, 2024

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.

Equity & Access

Community Collaboration: The Success Story of Tacoma Public Schools’ Summer Late Nights Program

Mason Pashia
Jan 25, 2024

Tacoma Public Schools responded to both crisis and tragedy through radical and efficient community partnerships.

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TRETC 2024: Revolutionizing Technology and Work

Guest Author
Jan 23, 2024

Norton Gusky reflects on TRETC 2024, highlighting some of the best connections, demonstrations and discussions.

Difference Making

Students Are Still Telling the Stories

Guest Author
Jan 22, 2024

Students At Cherokee High School are creating their own video packages to continue the Cherokee tradition of storytelling.

Learner-Centered

Rigor or Vigor? What Do We Want For Our Children?

Trace Pickering
Jan 18, 2024

Rigor has become the driving force behind the contemporary education system. What if we evolved the system to be centered on vigorous learning experiences instead?

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