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What Ecosystem Stewards Know That System Leaders Don’t — Yet
What does it actually take to steward a learning ecosystem, and how is that different from leading a system? Karen Pittman and Merita Irby spent a year inside four community intermediaries, including CommunityShare, the PAST Foundation, and Heart of Oregon Corps, and surfaced three prerequisites that change everything: trust, time, and idea translation. This post is essential reading for any leader working to connect education, youth development, and workforce systems into something greater than the sum of their parts.
How to Leverage CTE for Durable, Personalized Pathways
The rise and spread of CTE is an education success story. With 98% of school districts offering some kind of CTE programs and over 11.2 million students enrolled across the country, these programs are exposing learners to new careers, skills and possibilities at a remarkable scale. States…
What Could BG Be? | A Conversation with Sam Ford and Sangita Shresthova
Exploring civic imagination and consensus building to shape the future of communities with experts from USC and Inu Engine.
Safe Haven: Putting Our Schools at the Heart of Disaster Preparedness
Schools can be at the heart of disaster preparedness, becoming safe havens to shelter, reconnect, and support communities in times of crisis.