New Pathways
Recording Arts as Reengagement, Social Justice and Pathway
David “TC” Ellis dreamed about a new kind of high school that would reengage learners through musicology and alongside colleagues opened the High School for Recording Arts in 1998. Getting Smart staff shares more on this journey.
Centering Relationships at Anastasis Academy
Anastasis Academy in Colorado centers student relationships and a creative, spiraling, inquiry-driven curriculum to drive powerful, deeper student learning.
The Time For Futures Is Now
Every decision we make shapes the reality for future generations. We must embrace not knowing, and prepare ourselves with new tools and mindsets that enable us to grapple with what could be and pay attention to signals that help predict and prepare for upcoming challenges.
Learning as a Collective
The first step toward having schools bring together the collective is for schools to treat learners as members of a collective.
Civic Engagement: Museums Create Meaning
As we explore pathways to facilitate civic engagement, it might be worthwhile to investigate the role that museums play in creating pathways that enable youth to step up and take part in the world around them. Michelle Blanchet shares more in her latest post.
Creating New Pathways of Prosperity for All
Accelerating the urgency to dismantle the current iteration of high school verticals is a necessity to reach ALL. Accelerating the urgency to dismantle the current iteration of high school verticals is a necessity to reach every learner but how do we demystify and dismantle a systemic quandary that has plagued Black and Brown students historically in education?
Putting the Connect in Connecticut: Powerful Pathways to Employment from High School
CTECS is a robust state-run vocational education program that offers high-quality technical education and pathways to employment to high school students in Connecticut.
Measuring Connections in Career-Connected Learning
Future Focused Education and Big Picture Learning are proving it’s possible to understand the social side of work-based learning. Both organizations’ commitment to equity has led them down that path.
The Secret Sauce to a Successful College and Career Readiness Program
An integral part of K-12 education is preparing students to shape their own lives beyond high school, whether they choose college, technical school, or the workforce. And while there is no single recipe for this, there just might be a secret sauce.
Skillsline: Developing Career-Ready Human Skills
The Skillsline learning model is based on an online suite of 10-minute micro-lessons using a Socratic learning method, with wrap-around acilitation supports such as instructor guides, discussion questions, and journal prompts.