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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.

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Ed Policy

Beyond Bans: Schools’ Role in a Hard Reset on the ‘Phone-Based Childhood’

Julia Freeland Fisher

Apr 9, 2024

Responding to Jonathan Haidt’s recent claims about phone-based childhood, Julia Freeland Fisher argues that schools must play a core leadership role in phone use and artificial intelligence.

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.

Student with computer working beside large windows.

EdTech

The AI Revolution Should Foreground Youth Agency

Guest Author

Mar 5, 2024

Artificial intelligence is being leveraged by youth to develop actionable solutions to real world problems and projects.

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.

Two teachers engaging students in small-group discussion around tables in a modern, flexible classroom setting.

Learner-Centered

Where Does Work to Imagine a Learner-Centered Ecosystem Begin?

Guest Author

Feb 20, 2024

While learner-centered ecosystems can begin in a variety of ways, establishing key people, practices, connections, or conditions to build upon is one approach to developing a strong foundation.

Diverse educators smiling at a round table during a formal conference luncheon in a large banquet hall.

Equity & Access

Honoring A Legacy of Leaders: The Jeanes Fellowship

Mason Pashia

Feb 12, 2024

The Jeanes Fellowship, an homage to the legacy of Jeanes Teachers in the South, helps educators focus on essential conversations around identity, belonging and justice.

"A blackboard covered in white scribbles" by Cy Twombly

Learner-Centered

Building An Authentic Learning Culture Starts With Imperfection and Vulnerability

Aaron Schorn, Mike Yates

Feb 5, 2024

Aaron Schorn and Mike Yates highlight how to change learner perception of vulnerability and radically transform your classroom.

Diverse team of educators collaboratively adding colorful sticky notes to a large planning wall

Leadership

Transforming Learning, Deciding Where to Start: Practical Steps for Educational Leaders

Rebecca Midles

Feb 1, 2024

Rebecca Midles showcases her tried and true design process for getting started with transforming learning systems.

Female teacher leaning over desk to assist two female students in a colorful elementary classroom

Leadership

Closing the Loop on Excellence

Michael Conner

Jan 8, 2024

Bridging social-emotional and academic data together for analytical analysis will exponentially raise academic outcomes in a culturally responsive manner.

	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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