Getting Smart Campaigns

Exploring the future of education to ensure all learners thrive.

Our campaigns explore the future of learning. Over the last decade we’ve pursued new trends that are described in books, blogs, podcasts, websites, downloads and much more.

Check out some of our completed and ongoing campaigns below.

Microschools

This series explores microschools: small, agile learning models that give P-12 learners personalized, community-connected options. It features stories from the field, lessons from our grantees and Community of Practice, and The Public Microschool Playbook.

Horizon Three Learning is a future-ready system that is grounded in equity, personalization and possibility. Let's rethink learning, together.

Horizon Three (H3) Learning

This series explores Horizon Three Learning, a future-ready vision of learning grounded in equity, personalization and possibility. It is sponsored by LearnerStudio and curated by Sujata Bhatt of Incubate Learning.

Steward Stories

This series explores how ecosystem stewards weave together schools, youth programs and workforce systems to build equitable learning ecosystems, drawing on interviews by Karen Pittman and Merita Irby.

Invention Opportunity

This series explores 20 invention opportunities in learning and development, the new tools, platforms and systems that could improve life trajectories for learners everywhere, developed in partnership with eduInnovation.

Advancing AI, Measurement and Assessment System Innovation

This series explores how AI-powered assessment can support ambitious instruction and deep learning. Curated by The Study Group, it shares insights on measuring what matters for learners, educators and families.

New Pathways

This series explores a road map for American schools where every learner, regardless of zip code, is on a pathway to economic mobility, high wage employment and a purpose-driven life.

GenDIY

This series explores Generation Do-It-Yourself, young people building an impact-driven, entrepreneurial economy, with stories and tools from 100+ contributors. It is an eduInnovation project supported by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation.

Difference Making

This series explores difference making, which has emerged from hundreds of school visits as the most important way to transform learning for young people and build a better future for all.

Green Schools

This series explores how schools can respond to the climate crisis: what to teach, how to teach it and how to create green, climate-positive school communities across the globe.

Ed3

This series explores Ed3: what Web3, the next evolution of the web, could mean for teaching and learning, and how educators can shape a more learner-owned future.

The Future of Work

This series explores how the future of work will shift how we think about jobs and employability, what it means for teaching and learning, and how schools might prepare.

Smart Parents

This series explores parenting for powerful learning. Written for parents, by parents, it supports families navigating educational options and making powerful decisions for and with their kids.

What If?

This series explores the power of dreaming about what could be in learning, inviting edleaders, educators and learners to ask What If? questions and design learning systems that work for all.

Project-Based World

This series explores the economic realities of a project-based world and how to prepare every student, teacher and leader for it, promoting equitable access to deeper learning for all.

Data Science Education

This series explores data science education: why data literacy matters for every learner and how schools can build the skills students need to reason with data in a data-rich world.

Power of Place

This series explores place-based education, anytime, anywhere learning that leverages local heritage, cultures, landscapes and communities to personalize learning, building on the book The Power of Place.

Smart Planet

This series explores stories from educators and organizations around the world addressing social justice, civil rights and equity, and how leaders move beyond collecting resources to taking action.

School Networks

This series explores how formal and informal school networks improve outcomes for students and create opportunities for high-quality, personalized learning at scale, building on the book Better Together.

Smart Cities

This series explores the civic formula for dramatically boosting learning outcomes and employability, drawn from a two-year investigation and the book Smart Cities That Work for Everyone.

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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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