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A Toolkit For Managing Innovation Under ESSA

Guest Author

Oct 9, 2017

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

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 5, 2017

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.

Ed Policy

Why I’m Post Policy and Pro-Innovation

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 27, 2017

Personalized pathways of learning can be far more powerful than the way we have historically organized schools--we just need to invent the tools to do it well and at scale. This will be the direction of education policy in the coming decades.

Smart Planet

For School Improvement, Network Globally

Bonnie Lathram

Jan 30, 2017

By: Bonnie Lathram and David Potter. Innovations and advancements in networks and platforms are improving schools. In this post, we look at why school districts everywhere should be looking to engage globally.

The white house, where the president will have a lot to think about regarding education policy in his first 100 days in office

Ed Policy

The First 100 Days: An Education Blueprint for A Dynamic Economy

Guest Author

Jan 20, 2017

By: Lillian Pace. While there are many unknowns about the days ahead, one thing is certain. A successful economic agenda must include a deep commitment to expanding educational opportunity for all Americans.

Early Learning

Early Learning as a Strategy for Achieving Equity

Guest Author

Jan 7, 2017

By: Rafael Otto. Far too many children are receiving an outdated education that will leave them behind in a competitive world and reinforce achievement and opportunity gaps. A focus on early learning could change that.

Leadership

How Can School and Community Leaders Support Deeper Learning?

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 15, 2016

Young people will be expected to work in the future with a high level of self-direction and initiative, requiring teachers and community leaders to provide them with deeper learning experiences today.

Leadership

Farewell Tribute: The Influence of the Coalition of Essential Schools & Ted Sizer

Guest Author

Dec 13, 2016

By: John Larmer. This month we said goodbye to the Coalition of Essential Schools, but there is still much work to do to reach Ted Sizer's vision for our education system.

Ed Policy

How the President-Elect Can Scale Personalized Learning

Guest Author

Dec 12, 2016

By: Lillian Pace. We strongly encourage the incoming Administration to prioritize the following ideas in its education agenda as it considers a strategy for transforming the nation’s K-12 and higher education systems.

onechain link holding together four other chains as a system connector

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System Connectors and Shapers in Education Transformations

Guest Author

Dec 11, 2016

By: Rosie Clayton. With questions around the design and function of intermediaries and system catalysts in U.S. educational change, I met up with five organizations which play both distinctive and overlapping roles within the system to learn more.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
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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