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A Unique Moment in Education Changemaking
Today’s education changemakers are pursuing a wide array of reforms and innovations. This abundant landscape holds much promise, yet excellent approaches continue to have difficulty spreading as quickly or as far as we might hope. Here, we look at how that could change.
Ed Policy
New School Rules: A Changemaker’s Guide to Innovation
Mobilizing collective community action to better supports youth and families can be an enormous lift--and school leaders almost always have a role in making it happen. But it’s the changemaker role where there is a big opportunity for contribution. Building an improvement and innovation agenda is complex work.
EdTech
How Blockchain Will Transform Credentialing (and Education)
While still in it's infancy, Blockchain has the power to transform education by increasing learner ownership and control over data, reducing institutional data costs, ending paper based certificates and more.
Competency-Based Education
How Idaho Is Moving Towards Mastery-Based Education
Kelly Brady is Director of Mastery Education for the State of Idaho. In this post, she shares more about the journey Idaho is taking and the results they are seeing so far.
Ed Policy
3 Ways EdLeaders Can Level the Computer Science Literacy Playing Field
By: Dr. Idit Harel. While there is a lot of talk about the importance of computer programming and coding, there is less action -- and funding -- to support it adequately. Here are three ways EdLeaders can begin to change that.
Ed Policy
Chinese Scholars Advocate for Well Rounded People and Lifelong Learning
Shifting towards a focus on lifelong learning and well-rounded individuals, China is updating their learning goals and graduation portfolio. The new framework acknowledges that growth is a lifelong process that can be taught and studied, first in the home and at school, and then perfected throughout one’s life.
Ed Policy
12 New Rules: Accelerated Learning for an Exponential World
How can leaders respond to the rise of the automation economy? Here's 12 new rules about accelerated learning and how state and local education policymakers can help.
Ed Policy
Exploring Accountability in K-12 Digital Education
Digital learning is rapidly growing and evolving. In this new policy brief we answer several pressing questions: What factors are influencing enrollment in digital learning? What is the current state of accountability for digital learning? How can we align school leader and policymaker expectations?
Ed Policy
A Toolkit For Managing Innovation Under ESSA
By: Julia Freeland-Fisher and Thomas Arnett. This toolkit offers state leaders a set of frameworks and theories to understand how best to manage, encourage and measure innovation in K–12 education.
Ed Policy
EdReform in the Modern Era
American education reform has been driven by some recurring themes such as early learning, standards-based reform, school autonomy, student engagement and new personalized learning. Here is a short history.