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EdTech

Casey Evans on AI’s Impact on Business Education

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 20, 2025

How AI is transforming business education at American University with Casey Evans, focusing on AI literacy, curriculum redesign, and professionalism.

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Equity & Access

Jonah Schenker and Students on Pathways and P-TECHs with Ulster BOCES

Shawnee Caruthers

Aug 6, 2025

Exploring bold, place-based investments like Career Pathways Academy at iPark 87, bringing partnerships, learner agency, and innovation to education.

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Equity & Access

What Happens When We Trust Teachers?

Michelle Blanchet, Guest Author

Aug 4, 2025

By: Michelle Blanchet and Darcy Bakkegard Innovation is a common goal in education. But too often, the very people at the center—teachers—are left out of the process. Professional learning often focuses on ensuring that teachers implement top-down initiatives or adapt rigid models and frameworks that rarely reflect the…

Students and an adult engage in a mystery dinner party activity at The Forest School, reading "The Mystery Post" newspaper clues.

Competency-Based Education

Transforming Teaching: Mindsets That Move Us From Control to Agency

Guest Author

Jul 29, 2025

Discover how shifting educator mindsets from control to agency can empower learners to thrive in a fast-changing, AI-driven world.

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Learning Design

Learning Conducive to Life: A Radical Approach at the Biomimicry for Regenerative Design Lab at Green Schools Bali

Guest Author

Jul 22, 2025

BiRD Lab at Green School Bali fosters systems change by learning from nature, using a 4S approach to create sustainable, regenerative designs.

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Leadership

Catching Up! | Junior Republics, Global Flourishing, and Education Conductors?

Mason Pashia, Nate McClennen

Jul 18, 2025

Exploring micro schools, empathy in leadership, project management, and lessons from junior republics, with a focus on flourishing and real-world learning.

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Green Schools

What Happens When You Trust Young People with Real Problems?

Guest Author

Jul 14, 2025

Engage students with real-world challenges for impactful learning, focusing on climate change, community projects, and critical skills.

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Equity & Access

Reimagining School Starts with Reclaiming Time

Guest Author

Jul 11, 2025

Exploring innovative time structures in schools to enhance personalized, competency-based learning and support teacher collaboration.

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Uncategorized

Tech for Good: Using SDGs and Deeper Learning Principles to Inspire Change

Guest Author

Jul 10, 2025

The American School of São Paulo integrates tech classes with real-world issues, focusing on the UN SDGs and deeper learning principles.

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Uncategorized

From Idea to Impact: How AI is Fueling the Next Generation of Student Entrepreneurs

Rachelle Dené Poth

Jul 7, 2025

AI empowers student entrepreneurs like those behind StudySnap, Infinilearn, and TeachShare, fostering youthful innovation and real-world impact.

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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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