New Pathways

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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.

Diverse team of educators collaboratively adding colorful sticky notes to a large planning wall

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.

Two people staff a "Youth Voice Youth Vote Participatory Budgeting" table at a Portland community event.

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.

EdTech

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.

Two students converse near a running track outdoors, with a camera operator filming in the background.

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.

Four children examining plants in an outdoor garden bed, one taking notes, engaged in hands-on scientific observation.

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?

Female teacher leaning over desk to assist two female students in a colorful elementary classroom

Leadership

Closing the Loop on Excellence

Michael Conner

Jan 8, 2024

Bridging social-emotional and academic data together for analytical analysis will exponentially raise academic outcomes in a culturally responsive manner.

Modern school building with blue-framed glass atrium, brick exterior, and attached greenhouse, Owatonna, Minnesota

Career & Technical Ed

Owatonna’s New School Sets Eyes on Local Pathways

Mason Pashia

Dec 19, 2023

A new school in Owatonna has a mission to grow and nurture a local workforce alongside some of their many business partners.

Difference Making

Laguna Beach High School Gets in the FLOW of Environmental Literacy

Michael Niehoff

Dec 18, 2023

This chronicles one high school’s creative and innovative approach to addressing local environmental problems and establishing a school wide, cross-curricular approach.

Students and educators holding illustrated posters on democracy and civic learning at a collaborative workshop event.

Difference Making

Making Civic Learning Meaningful With And For Young People

Guest Author

Dec 14, 2023

Through iThrive's Game Design Studio teens were engaged as equals and experts in imagining and ideating alongside others in the civic education ecosystem.

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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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