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Competency-Based Education

Why High-Quality Learning Opportunities Must Be Personalized to Each Learner

Rebecca Midles

Nov 8, 2024

Personalized learning tailors education to individual needs, making learning engaging and competency-based for student empowerment.

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Future of Learning

One Goal, Two Journeys: The Role of Community and Workforce in Defining Graduate

Guest Author

Nov 7, 2024

America’s education system was a groundbreaking effort to help a growing nation thrive in the 19th century. Now, 200 years later, the world has changed; the horizon looks drastically different. Collectively, we need to redesign our education system to enable all of our children — and, by extension, our…

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Leadership

Your Power Beyond the Polls: Ways Families Can Shape School Communities

Aarika Guerrero, Caroline Vander Ark, Jordan Luster

Nov 4, 2024

Families can shape school communities by joining parent associations, volunteering, and engaging with school boards and partnerships.

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Equity & Access

Why ‘Just Tell a Teacher’ Isn’t Enough – The Power of Bystander Intervention to End Bullying

Guest Author

Nov 1, 2024

Bystander intervention empowers students to combat bullying, fostering safer, inclusive schools through practical tools and community support.

Three diverse students laughing and collaborating on a hands-on tech project at a SparkNC learning space.

Competency-Based Education

First-Year Insights into Building a Truly Learner-Centered Approach with SparkNC

Guest Author

Oct 25, 2024

SparkNC offers a learner-centered, competency-based education in high-tech fields across North Carolina, empowering students with flexible, industry-relevant learning experiences.

Students gathered outside Eastern Hancock High School's brick entrance on a cloudy day in Charlottesville, Indiana.

Leadership

4 Promises Drive Rural School Transformation at Eastern Hancock Schools

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 21, 2024

30 miles east of Indianapolis sits the charming little town of Greenfield—a few hundred buildings at the intersection of Highway 40 and State Route 9 including a grain silo converted into a popular local restaurant. Another 15 minutes east between tall rows of corn, you’ll come to the campus…

Diverse students learning in flexible spaces—indoors and on grass—including wheelchair users, using varied approaches and technologies.

Future of Learning

How We Lead the Change Is the Change: Horizon 3 Leadership

Guest Author

Oct 17, 2024

The journey towards equitable, innovative H3 learning ecosystems demands new forms of leadership that embrace uncertainty, nurture belonging, and co-design solutions with communities.

Seven diverse students and educators smiling together in a government office setting, representing student advocacy in education.

Equity & Access

Empowering Student Voice to Drive Change

Guest Author

Oct 14, 2024

Empowering student voices can drive change in education by integrating student input into decision-making, fostering leadership and inclusivity.

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New Pathways

The Future of Accelerating Impact is Here: Reflections on The Global Impact Forum (TGIF) 2024

Justin Aglio

Oct 11, 2024

In September, the inaugural GSVxPenn State: The Global Impact Forum brought together over 500 students and global changemakers from education, entrepreneurship, investment, and AI/ed-tech for more than 100 dynamic sessions at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The 2024 theme, “Accelerating AI for Good,” wasn’t just a tagline;…

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Learning Design

Centering Learners by Design: Shaping the Future of Education

Katie Martin, Devin Vodicka

Oct 3, 2024

Discover how innovative, learner-centered designs are transforming education to better prepare students for the future.

	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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