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Difference Making

Recap: A Fireside Chat About Returning to School With a Whole-Child Approach

Getting Smart and Turnaround for Children chat with two district leaders to hear how they’re planning to return to school with an equity-focused whole child approach. Science of learning expert, Dr. Pamela Cantor, also shares design principles and other considerations when designing for the whole child.

Blog Article | August 9, 2021

Competency-Based Education

Three Strategies to Engage Middle Grade Students in Data Science

Data education can take many forms, but all have the opportunity to change youths’ view of what data are and how data can help them to make a difference in the world. Chad Dorsey explores the opportunities that lie in data science curricula.

Blog Article | September 9, 2021

Future of Learning

Creativity Made Easy: How Your Students Can Practice the Skill for the 21st-Century

Esther Wojcicki details the 21-century skill that all learners should harness and a tool for all educators to explore.

Blog Article | October 14, 2021

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Difference Making

Learning, Lost & Found: 4 Things To Do To Make School Worth It This Year

Aleta Margolis explores an opportunity to reimagine and improve the school experience.

Blog Article | October 14, 2021

Future of Learning

New Metrics for Success

Cameron Paterson explores the way schools and universities quantify the educational achievements of young people and how the school system is too narrowly fixated on test results as a measure of student achievement.

Blog Article | October 18, 2021

EdTech

12 Digital Tools for Innovative Educators

Rachelle Dené Poth shares some versatile digital education tools to add to your resource list.

Blog Article | November 1, 2021

Equity & Access

Decentering Whiteness from Our American Schools

There is a narrative surrounding decentering whiteness in American education spaces. Kelly Niccolls, Rebecca Midles, and Susan Enfield walk you through this journey.

Blog Article | November 11, 2021

SEL & Mindset

The Benefits of Play-Based Learning For All Ages

Play-based learning is key in addressing feelings of loneliness, vulnerability, social deprivation, isolation and trauma. Michael Niehoff shares a list of helpful tips for planning and prioritizing play for parents and families.

Blog Article | November 26, 2021

Future of Learning

How Design Thinking Transforms Communities, One Project at a Time

Kyle Wagner and Maggie Favretti explore the What Ifs to the What Happens When in education and how design thinking can transform communities.

Blog Article | December 6, 2021

New Pathways

National CAPS Network Promotes Real World Learning

Tom Vander Ark shares the real world learning happening at CAPS during a recent school visit.

Blog Article | April 6, 2022

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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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