Competency-Based Education
New Pathways
New Pathways
School Districts and Charter Authorizers Need Innovation Pathways
It’s time for more new schools that meet new demands and take advantage of new opportunities--new schools inside public schools and public districts and new charter schools and networks.
New Pathways
Citizenship Skills Support Durable Pathways
To create durable and meaningful pathways, students must be empowered as citizens with essential citizenship skills like digital literacy, understanding systems, storytelling and civic dialogue.
New Pathways
Team Teaching, Educator Retention and Education’s Next Workforce
Discovering, creating and retaining great teachers who are driven to support every K-12 learner is one of the most effective ways to change long-term outcomes for both students and their future communities.
New Pathways
My Class Climbed a 14,000-Foot Mountain: How to Empower Students and Provide New Pathways to Learning
Narissa Stahl Holmgreen shares her class' 14,000-foot mountain journey as a healing action after George Floyd’s murder.
Equity & Access
Building a Pathway Onramp: Transition Plan Design Guidelines
Transition planning is an intentional, organized, and coordinated process of guiding students with disabilities with education, experiences, supports, and services.
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The Tail is Wagging the Education System
Given the staggering number of students who are not well-served by the efficiency-focused college admissions process for a small number of elite universities, it is time for us to redefine success, prioritize authentic learning, and offer relevant pathways to ensure that all students know who they are, thrive and community and actively engage in the world as their best selves.
Equity & Access
Assessment as Revelation, not Destination
When we think about the implication of education within high stakes societal times experiencing struggle and scarcity, we often succumb to the comfort of what we know, and what we think we can control but we must open the possibilities in learning spaces to improve the livelihoods of our students and support their growth and development into a world of possibility.
Equity & Access
Delivering on the Promise of Digital Equity
A new white paper, Delivering on the Promise of Digital Equity, explores how state and local leaders can work to close the digital divide in their communities.
Green Schools
On To Greener Pathways: The Future of Work Has New Opportunities for Students
Schools should not only expose students to basic green skills, they should also highlight the various pathways students might take to employ these skills in the workplace and grow their capacity to have a tremendous impact on their communities and the world.
New Pathways
Partnerships Power Innovative St Vrain Valley Pathways
At St. Vrain Valley School District, the commitment to supporting great teaching in every classroom is unparalleled.