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Sixth-graders work together on a science project about weather disasters.

EdTech

How Can AI Fuel Deeper Learning? A Conversation with Kali Frederick and Aatash Parikh

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 3, 2025

Nalukai Students sit and work on a real-world problem

Future of Learning

Let High Schoolers Do Less? Let High Schoolers Experience More

Tom Vander Ark, Nate McClennen

Oct 29, 2024

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EdTech

How Generative AI Can Enable & Accelerate H3 School Transformation

Guest Author

Oct 10, 2024

Educators working on school concepts of the future

Learning Design

Why We Need More New Schools (Even with Enrollments Down and Closures Ahead)

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 15, 2024

Competency-Based Education

Fostering Student-Centered Environments: From Teacher Assessed through Grades to Self, Peer, Expert Feedback and Critique

Kyle Wagner

Aug 5, 2024

Learner-Centered

How Many Teachers Can a Building Be?

Guest Author

Jul 16, 2024

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Equity & Access

12 Shifts to Move from Teacher-Led to Student-Centered Environments

Kyle Wagner

May 21, 2024

Kyle Wagner observes 12 fundamental shifts that can take a classroom from being a teacher-led experience to an engaging student-led one.

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.

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.

Difference Making

One Stone: Forging An Army of Good

Tom Vander Ark

Jan 5, 2024

Last month Teresa Poppen retired as the Executive Director and Ultimate Difference Maker at One Stone.

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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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