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Learning Ecosystems in 2040: A Day in the Life

Mason Pashia

Mar 20, 2025

Learning Ecosystems in 2040: A Day in the Life This section imagines the learning journey of a 14 year-old high school student in Kentucky in 2040, moving back in time to show what their earlier education was like and jumping forward to show what their future might hold. Written by…

A young student in a red shirt runs joyfully across a turf field while peers cheer from the sidelines outdoors.

Learning Design

Breaking the Math Mold: How Self-Directed Learners Are Becoming Math Masters

Guest Author

Mar 20, 2025

Exploring how self-directed learning fosters math mastery through relevance, resourcefulness, and persistence at The Forest School.

Horizon Three Learning is a future-ready system that is grounded in equity, personalization and possibility. Let's rethink learning, together.

The Third Horizon

Mason Pashia

Mar 19, 2025

Explore the third horizon in education and its transformative potential. Discover how to redesign learning for equity and success.

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Future of Learning

Choosing Abundance Despite an Instinct for Scarcity: New Experiences and New Models

Mason Pashia

Mar 18, 2025

Shift from scarcity to abundance mindset in education to unlock innovation, improve systems, and offer diverse learning opportunities.

Two young students standing outside a school building, one holding a notebook, ready to learn.

Leadership

Tending Tomorrow’s Soil: Investing In Learning Ecosystems

Guest Author

Mar 17, 2025

Invest in learning ecosystems to prepare future-ready learners by connecting communities and leveraging local assets

Leadership

Building Systems That Serve: The Power of the Getting Smart Innovation Framework

Rebecca Midles, Nate McClennen

Mar 11, 2025

Explore the Getting Smart Innovation Framework for personalized, competency-based education that empowers all students.

A Black boy explores solar panels, nature tech, and data charts in three panels depicting future learning in Kentucky.

Equity & Access

Kentucky’s Learning Ecosystem in 2040: A Day in the Life

Sujata Bhatt, Mason Pashia

Mar 7, 2025

Explore Kentucky's future education ecosystem in 2040 with Horizon 3, focusing on equity, agency, and lifelong learning through AI and community.

Firefighter demonstrating a fire extinguisher to elementary students in a classroom career education visit.

Career & Technical Ed

From Classroom to Career: How Deeply Embedding Career Clusters Can Help Bridge the Gap

Shawnee Caruthers

Mar 3, 2025

Career Clusters expand beyond CTE, integrating real-world learning for holistic student development and readiness across the education system.

Getting Smart Podcast with Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop, authors of The Disengaged Teen

Leadership

Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop on “The Disengaged Teen”

Nate McClennen

Feb 26, 2025

Explore teen engagement with Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop, discussing modes of learning and strategies to combat disengagement.

Students in uniform gather on stairs beside the Uplift Heights Healthcare Institute and Baylor Scott & White Health wall sign.

New Pathways

Uplift Education Launches Health Pathways

Tom Vander Ark

Feb 21, 2025

Uplift Education's new health pathways program offers students career-ready skills in healthcare via work-based learning and dual enrollment.

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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