New Pathways
The Rooted School Network: Experiencing Success in College and Work in High School
Rooted Schools exist to provide “personal pathways to financial freedom" and is emerging as a national microschool network blending college credit, work experience and industry credentials (a nimble, next-gen P-TECH cousin) with strong supports in student-centered environments.
Perfection is a 2nd Rate Idea
Education does not need perfection, standardization of humans, and measures without much meaning. We need human-centered systems focused on growth.
Scaling Microschool Ecosystems at ASU Prep
It is clear that educational ecosystem diversity is increasing rapidly and as growth continues, it is critical that leaders pay attention to a set of important factors to ensure maximum impact on learners.
Fostering Personalized Learning Journeys
If we truly want to personalize learning and meet the interests and specific needs of every learner, we must recognize we have access to so many more resources that enable us to connect our students with opportunities that extend beyond our physical classroom space.
Education Front and Center: How to Activate Learning Ecosystems
We’ve always known that communities have the wisdom and skills to teach their children. The question is, how do you activate this learning ecosystem?
What Can Decentralized Organizations Accomplish in Education?
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations are paving the way to change how learning operates.
Whose Accountability System is this Anyway? Kentucky’s Journey Toward Shared Ownership of Assessment and Accountability Systems
Kentucky is one of the proud recipients of this year’s Competitive Grant for State Assessment (CGSA) awards from the US Department of Education. One of the key challenges of the current assessment and accountability system - the lack of coherence between the demands of the state and what local communities value.
Timetable Absurdity
In a century that is being defined by flexibility in time, we no longer need to be held hostage by sacred school timetables.
How Deep is Their Learning?
Deeper learning isn’t found within the practice of project-based instruction, personalized instruction or competency-based instruction but how the learner applies that instruction.
Belonging in STEM
Why real world learning matters With the world of work changing so much, it is essential that we provide a variety of learning opportunities for all students. When it comes to the jobs which are going to be needed in the future, there is a prediction of…