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Education is Equity Work: New Resource and Customizable Toolkit to Help
KnowledgeWorks engaged with more than 60 new and diverse stakeholders to create the 2020 edition of the Educator Competencies; a new resource toolkit for educators.
“Height, Light and Exposed Structure”–Places That Display and Celebrate Learning
What better way to ensure learners feel empowered and heard than commemorating their student work in a thoughtful way where everyone can enjoy? We walk through learning spaces to explore how student pieces are celebrated.
The 5 Steps of Design Thinking Help Drive School Improvements
How can educators ensure a commitment to continuous improvement? Long-time educator and former engineer, Ben Owens, explores one of the most powerful tools: design thinking.
Finding Balance in Professional Learning & Development
Rachelle Dené Poth shares resources for finding time for professional development and recharging over the summer.
The Time for Action is Now: Get Ready For Careers of the Future
The CAPS network is launching the “Innovating Education for Careers of the Future” playbook, a resource to support the shift from awareness to action.
From Pandemic to Possibility: Now is the Time to Consider Competency-Based Education
By: B. Owens & J. Lee. The inequities exposed by the pandemic have forced educators to rethink their learning plan. Competency-based learning is helping to meet the needs of all students.
Students and Equity at the Heart of School Redesign
The Strategy Lab supported seven districts as they navigated a real-time redesign process — this is the story of a few of those districts.
TLA’s Real-Time Redesign Toolkit Helps Schools Make Practical and Positive Change
The Learning Accelerator (TLA) shares toolkits that provide learning strategies and guided activities for educators.
Emancipating Equity for Learning Justice
Kelly Niccolls and Rebecca Midles discuss how we must dismantle the machine that is schooling and emancipate equity for learning justice.
Why Learner-Centered Education is the Key to Meaningful School Improvement
By: Katie Martin and Devin Vodicka. In this article, Katie and Devin identify some of the most-broadly adopted methods developed by educators to differentiate support and improve learning design.