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Teacher guides diverse young students using Montessori bead materials for math at a collaborative classroom table.

Leadership

Building Better Schools: The art of leading change in education

Guest Author

Apr 30, 2024

Education transformation leader Tyler Thigpen explores the concept of dependent learning in schools, challenging traditional education models and advocating for student empowerment and self-directed learning.

Diverse educators collaborating around laptops during a professional learning session in a classroom setting.

Leadership

The Changing Role of Today’s EdLeader

Marissa Wicklund

Apr 11, 2024

Amidst shifts in education driven by factors like teacher shortages and advancing technology, innovative solutions such as "grow your own" programs and collaborative staffing models are emerging. In preparing our future educators, we need to see beyond how we have traditionally trained.

Tenth-grade boy in safety goggles assembles an orange 3D-printed prosthetic hand in a school maker lab.

New Pathways

Career Development Stage Left: RIASEC as Career Exploration

Guest Author

Mar 18, 2024

Ed Hidalgo shares how he uses RIASEC to help students navigate possible career opportunities and interests.

Diverse adults and children examining seedlings together in a community garden microschool setting.

New Pathways

The Rise of Millennial-Powered Microschools

Guest Author

Mar 7, 2024

Microschools, powered by millennial ideals, stand as beacons illuminating the path to a truly redefined educational experience.

New Pathways

Real World Learning in San Diego High Schools

Tom Vander Ark

Feb 29, 2024

A recent trip to San Diego highlighted a group of impressive schools with a commitment to real-world learning.

New Pathways

The Role of Microschool Incubators: Nurturing the Future of Education

Getting Smart Staff

Feb 26, 2024

Incubators, specialized institutions or organizations that facilitate the creation and development of microschools, are a core part of learning innovation.

Da Vinci Schools and Wiseburn Unified campus exterior, a modern facility focused on career-connected, innovative learning.

Career & Technical Ed

Career-Connected Learning: Preparing Students for a Dynamic Future

Tom Vander Ark, Victoria Andrews

Feb 19, 2024

A recent gathering from Da Vinci Schools and Transcend highlight the many elements of high quality career-connected learning.

Two students collaborate on a laptop and notebook, focused on a shared learning task in a busy classroom.

New Pathways

A Community Micro-Credentials Effort Connects Students to Local Employers

Guest Author

Feb 13, 2024

In Florida, a career and technical education collaboration has yielded immediate benefits for high schoolers and local businesses.

EdTech

TRETC 2024: Revolutionizing Technology and Work

Guest Author

Jan 23, 2024

Norton Gusky reflects on TRETC 2024, highlighting some of the best connections, demonstrations and discussions.

Students and educators holding illustrated posters on democracy and civic learning at a collaborative workshop event.

Difference Making

Making Civic Learning Meaningful With And For Young People

Guest Author

Dec 14, 2023

Through iThrive's Game Design Studio teens were engaged as equals and experts in imagining and ideating alongside others in the civic education ecosystem.

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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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