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Future of Learning

Ed Leaders: Your Path Out of COVID to a Radically Better Future Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Guest Author

Apr 1, 2022

New research from 70 schools and districts suggests a path forward: tuning our learning models and operating norms to the competencies we most want for our students.

New Pathways

Can We Ditch AP for More Engaging Courses?

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 18, 2022

Tom Vander Ark shares six tips for education leaders who are thinking about how many AP classes to offer and what alternatives to consider.

Equity & Access

Equity and ESSER: Why Now is the Perfect Time for Schools to Invest in Educator Diversity

Guest Author, Eric Tucker, InnovateEDU

Mar 16, 2022

InnovateEDU and Brooklyn LAB partner to explore why now is the perfect time for schools to invest in educator diversity

New Pathways

Rethinking Urban Education: Tacoma Public Schools of Choice

Erik Day, Rebecca Midles

Mar 15, 2022

In Tacoma, WA, there is a small network of three specialized high schools providing a wide range of students with an entirely unique high school experience. This blog post looks at how these schools are rethinking education in an urban environment.

New Pathways

Students Co-authoring Their Own Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 11, 2022

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.

Leadership

A Whole Child, Strengths-Based Approach to IEPs

Eric Tucker, Barbara Pape

Mar 7, 2022

Digital Promise, the Educating All Learners Alliance, and Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools created a guide that embraces a “whole-child” and strength-based approach to rethinking IEPs.

Leadership

The White House is Right: It’s Time for Schools to Invest in Student Success

Pamela Cantor, Eric Tucker

Mar 2, 2022

Pamela Cantor and Eric Tucker underscore the need to show up for every learner's well-being within and beyond schools.

New Pathways

Student Voice and Co-Leadership: What They Mean to Students

Guest Author

Mar 1, 2022

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

Feb 24, 2022

Randy Fielding explores the changing needs to give students personal storage in school, and the solutions can have surprising benefits.

EdTech

Technology We Need: Documenting the complete Learner Record

Nate McClennen, Rebecca Midles

Feb 9, 2022

Nate McClennen and Rebecca Midles issue a challenge to those building and creating solutions in the education technology industry.

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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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