Learner-Centered
EdTech
Peer Mentoring Works…and Now It’s Scalable
Thinkist is a San Diego edtech startup that helps schools set up and manage peer tutoring programs designed to both close equity gaps and build a diverse teacher pipeline.
Equity & Access
Student-Driven Assessment: Building Learner Agency Through Shared Ownership
Kim Carter and Devin Vodicka explore student-driven assessment and how to ensure learners are owning their learning journeys.
Project-Based Learning
3 Tips to Build Student’s STEM Confidence and Curiosity from America’s Top Young Scientist
Student Sarah Park shares her story of curiosity and how it led to a purposeful passion.
Equity & Access
Having our Cake and Eating It Too
David Cook shares the chief elements of a learner-centered system and why measuring all learners the same doesn't work.
New Pathways
Students Co-authoring Their Own Learning
By inviting learners to co-author learning experiences, journeys and records, we help them build the most important skills and dispositions they’ll need to succeed in a changing world.
New Pathways
Student Voice and Co-Leadership: What They Mean to Students
Three seniors at Crosstown High share how their uniquely student-driven high school experience created a foundation for their futures.
Place Based Education
Personalized Storage in Schools
Randy Fielding explores the changing needs to give students personal storage in school, and the solutions can have surprising benefits.
Leadership
So You Designed a Profile of a Graduate, Now What?
Your district has recently completed your Profile of a Graduate, (sometimes also known as a Graduate Profile or Learner Profile) now what? Rebecca Midles and Katie Martin share next steps.
Learning Design
How The International School of Prague Inspires, Engages & Empowers Learners
International School of Prague (ISP) is a great example of a progressive international school that engages diverse learners in work that matters. Its coherent learning framework is one that any school could learn from.
Difference Making
Living in Beta: One Stone’s Pilot Results Are In
Great pilots are learning experiences and the active data collection informs the next iteration of a program. Learn about the positive results that emerged at all levels from Living in Beta this past spring.