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Learner-Centered

A Portrait As Activation, Interpretation and North Star

Mason Pashia

Apr 2, 2024

Nevada has undergone a radical design process to create an interoperable Portrait of a Learner that gives agency to all those who use it.

Competency-Based Education

Design Integrated Learning Pathways to Realize Your Portrait of a Graduate

Guest Author

Mar 19, 2024

Shifting Education with Learning Pathways: Becoming Your Portrait of a Graduate shares a systematic approach to integration of a PoG.

New Pathways

New Pathways Design Principles

Shawnee Caruthers

Mar 1, 2024

On this special series of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by New Pathways Senior Fellow Timothy Jones to discuss each of our four New Pathways Design Principles: Inetional, Equitable, Purposeful and Curated.

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Leadership

Transforming Learning, Deciding Where to Start: Practical Steps for Educational Leaders

Rebecca Midles

Feb 1, 2024

Rebecca Midles showcases her tried and true design process for getting started with transforming learning systems.

Future of Learning

Town Hall Recap: What’s Next In Learning 2024

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 30, 2024

On this Getting Smart Town Hall we discuss the five big ideas shaping learning in 2024.

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EdTech

What Educators and Families Should Prioritize in the Age of AI

Eric Tucker, Edmund W. Gordon

Nov 28, 2023

As technological breakthroughs, analytic methods, and artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly redefine what it means to be educated, they correspondingly transform how we can measure and inform learning and development.

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Difference Making

The Content Every High School Student Should Learn (But Doesn’t)

Nate McClennen, Mason Pashia

Nov 20, 2023

In many high schools, the traditional course sequence and graduation requirements remain stagnant. For future-ready students, we need to update these content areas..

Self-Portrait Gallery

Mason Pashia

Nov 14, 2023

The Self-Portrait allows learners of all ages to describe their growth around the applicable portraits, strengths, career interests, extra-curricular interests, approaches to learning, and reflections.

Portrait of an Educator

Mason Pashia

Nov 14, 2023

A Portrait of an Educator helps guide hiring and professional learning as a school or district implements a learning model.

Portrait of a System Gallery

Mason Pashia

Nov 14, 2023

A Portrait of a System is a collective vision that operates as a powerful compass to guide the transformative redesign of a learning system.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
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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