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Equity & Access

Real World Experience with NAF Advisory Boards

Aug 28, 2023

NAF supports high school students' ambitions by providing fair possibilities for a prosperous future and contributing to a creative, highly skilled, diverse workforce.

New Pathways

Deeper Learning Requires Deeper Relationships?

Guest Author

Aug 25, 2023

Scott McLeod shares insights from visits at innovative elementary and middle schools across the country devoted to significant amounts of time for students and educators to simply be together in community.

Equity & Access

Balancing Design Thinking with Equity

Guest Author

Aug 24, 2023

4.0 is creating a space for members of communities to become founders, harnessing the experiences of 4.0 alumni to refine our programming, and redefining success alongside the communities those founders serve.

Place Based Education

The Future-Ready School: Harnessing the Power of Learning Communities in Education

Guest Author

Jul 20, 2023

By embracing innovation, collaboration, and a forward-thinking mindset, Eden Park Elementary shows how to engage students effectively, support their emotional growth, and foster resilient educational environments.

Equity & Access

The Importance of Amplifying New Voices in Education: Meet the 2023 EALA New Champion

InnovateEDU

Jul 17, 2023

When looking around the education innovation table – who is present? Leaders who center equity, inclusion, and innovation can drive transformative change in education.

New Pathways

Two Developments in Middle Grade Career Exploration

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 13, 2023

Two-thirds of current high schoolers and graduates say they would have benefited from more career exploration in middle or high school according to ASA research. Here are two innovative approaches to addressing this guidance gap.

Future of Learning

From Classroom to Adulthood: The Importance of Talent Development from an Early Age

Guest Author

Jul 11, 2023

Instead of focusing solely on passing state assessments, remediating to address gaps, or identifying students for advanced academic programming, schools must become a place where all children can develop their talents.

New Pathways

Tacoma Adding More Personalized Learning Opportunities

Rebecca Midles

Jun 29, 2023

Rebecca Midles shares how Tacoma Public Schools has taken a collaborative approach to developing its choice schools, working with teachers, parents, and community members to create schools that reflect the needs and interests of the local community.

New Pathways

Recording Arts as Reengagement, Social Justice and Pathway

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 28, 2023

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.

Equity & Access

E.A.R.N. The Right: Empowering At-Risk Youth with Opportunity

Antonio Boyd

Jun 27, 2023

Antonio Boyd sits with Joe Sicilio, Coach Joe and founder of EARN the Right, for a Q&A about the program.

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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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