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Career & Technical Ed

Preparing Youth for Their Future: What Our Exploration of Durable Skills Across Twelve Innovative High Schools Tells Us About What Is Possible

Guest Author

Dec 11, 2025

Innovative schools develop durable skills through authentic work, competency-based learning, and reflection, preparing students for dynamic futures.

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So Others Might Eat (SOME) Poised to Take The Underserved Into The Ai Workforce

Antonio Boyd

Dec 9, 2025

The SOME Center for Employment Training combines hands-on vocational training with wrap-around services and AI-driven innovations for career success.

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EdTech

So you can “Finish School” in 2 Hours a Day, Then What?

Mason Pashia, Nate McClennen

Nov 20, 2025

"AI in education: Alpha School’s 2-hour mastery-based model and experiential learning redefine student outcomes and the future of learning."

Ed Policy

Proof Point, Pressure Point: Why Signals Will Make or Break What Comes Next

Carri Schneider

Nov 13, 2025

Signals like microcredentials and LERs are critical proof and pressure points in creating a trusted, learner-centered education ecosystem.

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Green Schools

2040 is SO Not Boring! I’m 11 and Always Learning

Mason Pashia, Carri Schneider

Nov 11, 2025

Explore a future of personalized education, sustainability, and city-wide learning through the eyes of 11-year-old Leo in this inspiring story.

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Investing Today in Tomorrow’s Workforce: Michigan’s Strategy for STEM Talent

Guest Author

Nov 10, 2025

Explore how Michigan STEM addresses the skills gap with experiential learning and robust talent pathways for the future.

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Leadership

What is Civic Imagination and Why Do We Keep Proliferating Bad News? | A Conversation with Chris Green & Kaye Monk-Morgan

Mason Pashia

Oct 30, 2025

Learn how Kansas Leadership Center fosters civic leadership and solutions journalism to address complex, adaptive challenges and build stronger communities.

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Future of Work

Learning to Let Go (and Stay Connected): A Parent’s View from 2040

Carri Schneider

Oct 28, 2025

A future parent reflects on how connected, unbundled, and learner-centered systems empower students to thrive in a reimagined learning ecosystem.

Leadership

Embedding Sustainability into Business Education | A Conversation with Dr. Julie Anderson

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 23, 2025

Explore how sustainability finance, green skills, and experiential learning are reshaping business education with Dr. Julie Anderson from American University.

Leadership

Entrepreneurship: The New Core Curriculum

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 21, 2025

"Entrepreneurship education equips students with resilience, problem-solving, and financial skills to thrive in an unpredictable, tech-driven economy."

	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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