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Three students collaborating outdoors on a map project, representing innovative learner-centered microschool education.

Designing | Align Your Vision With Your Learning Model

Mason Pashia

Apr 29, 2025

A key reason for increasing accessibility to public microschools is to provide students with more flexible and personalized learning environments.

Designing | Financial Feasibility and Return on Investment

Mason Pashia

Apr 29, 2025

Before any microschool can launch, system leaders must determine whether it’s financially feasible—and why the investment is worth making.

Van Gogh-style painting of diverse learners collaborating around a table, surrounded by swirling ideas, books, and a glowing lightbulb

Equity & Access

Lifelong Learning as Abundant Learning

Mason Pashia

Apr 24, 2025

Explore how expanding education systems to serve all ages can transform funding and foster abundant, lifelong learning.

Sara Schapiro smiling in a blazer, featured guest on the Getting Smart Podcast

Ed Policy

Sara Schapiro on Education Research and Development

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 16, 2025

"Exploring the urgent need for increased R&D in education, featuring insights from Sara Schapiro on challenges and solutions."

Catching Up! podcast cover featuring two hosts, a globe collage, and thought bubbles reading "Learner Wallet" and "Learning Experiences

Learning Design

Introducing: Catching Up! | Abundance, Learning Experiences and What’s in Your Learner wallet?

Nate McClennen, Mason Pashia

Mar 28, 2025

Exploring AI's impact on music and education, digital credentials, and new frameworks for school redesign and real-world experiences.

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.

Tiffany Green smiling in a light pink blazer, featured guest on the Getting Smart Podcast

Equity & Access

Tiffany Green on How Uprooted Academy Reimagines Advisory and Social Capital

Victoria Andrews

Mar 19, 2025

Explore how Uprooted Academy supports college success with holistic resources, financial literacy, and community involvement.

Educators gathered around a conference table with laptops in a school library, engaged in collaborative discussion

Ed Policy

A New Era of Public Education: Potential Scenarios for the Next Presidential Administration

Guest Author

Jan 17, 2025

By: Margo Roen With any presidential transition, there are shifts–new hires and resignations, policy changes, and funding changes to align with a new agenda. However, with the impending president’s stated commitment to get rid of the United States Department of Education, hand-wringing in the pre-Kindergarten through higher…

Getting Smart Podcast with Jennifer Purcell, Future Ready Oregon

Equity & Access

Jennifer Purcell on Future Ready Oregon and a Future Ready Workforce

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 11, 2024

Explore workforce development and public leadership through Oregon's Future Ready initiative, highlighting public-private partnerships.

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Equity & Access

A New Operating System for Public Education: Learner-Centered Ecosystems

Emily Liebtag

Oct 31, 2024

Explore learner-centered ecosystems to transform education, enhancing adaptability, community involvement, and holistic student development.

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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