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5 Obstacles (and Solutions) to Transforming School Systems for the 21st Century
Kentucky's Bullitt County Public Schools (BCPS) reflects on their multi-year journey into rethinking education.
The Flight School: Reimagining the Path to Adulthood
The Flight School redefines the gap year as a launch year, fostering self-discovery and essential human skills for future-ready graduates.
One Goal, Two Journeys: The Role of Community and Workforce in Defining Graduate
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…
How Generative AI Can Enable & Accelerate H3 School Transformation
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…
Kindling the Spark: How the Portrait of a Graduate Becomes the Catalyst for Transformation
Adopting a Portrait of a Graduate fosters student agency, meaningful learning, and real-world application, transforming education systems for success.
Here are our design principles. What do you think?
Getting Smart promotes equitable innovations in learning through values, goals, and design principles to ensure transformative education experiences.
6 Ways State Policymakers Can Build More Future-Focused Education Systems
State policymakers can play a key role in shifting education systems to be more learner-centered and future-focused. Here are six ways they can get started.
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and the Implications for School Districts
Tom Vander Ark recently gave a testimony at a school board meeting about the short and long-term implications of AI.
A Portrait As Activation, Interpretation and North Star
Nevada has undergone a radical design process to create an interoperable Portrait of a Learner that gives agency to all those who use it.
Design Integrated Learning Pathways to Realize Your Portrait of a Graduate
Shifting Education with Learning Pathways: Becoming Your Portrait of a Graduate shares a systematic approach to integration of a PoG.