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Harmony’s Commitment to Microcredentials: A Close Look at their Professional Learning Experience

Part three of the five-part blog series produced in partnership with Harmony Public Schools shares a few stories of evolving professional learning experiences from the district’s journey thus far.

Blog Article | September 29, 2020

education leadership and microcredentials

Competency-Based Education

Change Management at Harmony Public Schools: When Prior Innovations Become Status Quo

By: Burak Yilmaz. Through the development of a competency-based microcredential system, Harmony Public Schools has become a place where all educators with a growth mindset can thrive.

Blog Article | October 13, 2020

Harmony Public Schools Teacher Designation Pathways Diagram

Getting Through

What’s Working During COVID

By: Norton Gusky. The pandemic forced educators to rethink how they design learning experiences, and continue to meet the needs of their learning communities. Here are some successful strategies and approaches.

Blog Article | November 27, 2020

Difference Making

The Power of We

Dr. Marialice Curran believes change starts with the individual and all it takes is one person to stand up and be a part of the change. This post explores initiatives to change how we think about digital citizenship.

Blog Article | June 22, 2021

5 Ideas for Learning About Digital Citizenship

Equity & Access

Four Statewide EdTech Rollouts: What Works in Public Education

Dr. Karen Beerer explores four statewide edtech rollouts that aim to improve school systems.

Blog Article | August 23, 2021

Personalized Learning

Social Studies…and the End of the World As We Know It

Howard Blumenthal argues that standard curriculum in education puts ceiling on what our learners can achieve.

Blog Article | October 7, 2021

Place Based Education

A Spatial Paradigm for Thriving Learners

School environments can be designed to foster holistically thriving learners. Fielding International’s Thriving Paradigm explains how.

Blog Article | January 20, 2022

EdTech

Peer Mentoring Works…and Now It’s Scalable

Thinkist is a San Diego edtech startup that helps schools set up and manage peer tutoring programs designed to both close equity gaps and build a diverse teacher pipeline.

Blog Article | May 2, 2022

SEL & Mindset

Increasing Educator Capacity to Act on Learner Well-Being Data for Improved Academic Outcomes

Our nation’s education system has traditionally taken a reactive approach to challenges and often, the interventions come too late.

Blog Article | September 20, 2022

New Pathways

The Learner-Centered Competency-Based Learning Management System

Through our partner work with XQ Institute, we identified core criteria that any next-generation LMS should incorporate.

Blog Article | April 6, 2023

	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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