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Future of Learning

How To Unblock Curiosity And Build Creativity

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 31, 2020

Curiosity might be the most important disposition of the new age. Unlocking curiosity may the key to innovating.

Future of Learning

Invention Opportunity: Measuring What Matters

Guest Author

Oct 29, 2020

By: Devin Vodicka. It's time for an invention opportunity around assessments - create new policies, practices, and tools that encourage the development of purposeful goals tied to whole-child and competency-based learning progressions.

Leadership

Deanna Mulligan on Leadership and the Opportunity Gap

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 28, 2020

Today on the Getting Smart Podcast we’re talking with Deanna Mulligan on leadership and the opportunity gap. Deanna Mulligan grew up in a small town in Nebraska, earned an MBA from Stanford and, after 8 years at McKinsey, launched a career in insurance where, after a two-year sabbatical, she…

Future of Learning

Teaching Through Change, Stories of Resilience: Austin ISD

Shawnee Caruthers

Oct 26, 2020

By: Rashawn Caruthers. Rashawn shares how Stacey Shapiro of AISD and a member of The Learning Accelerator’s Strategy Lab cohort, is planning for resilient and equitable futures for her students.

Difference Making

Difference Making: What Needs to Be At the Heart of Learning

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 20, 2020

Difference Making at the Heart of Learning, the new book by Tom Vander Ark and Emily Liebtag is out now!

Equity & Access

Pandemic Opportunity: Rethink Education Accountability

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 19, 2020

Tom discusses what an updated accountability system may look like and what our school systems need to create equitable achievement.

Future of Learning

Paid Internships Propel Albuquerque Youth

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 18, 2020

Tom shares how Future Focused Education has transitioned its internship program into a hybrid model to better support students through the pandemic.

Leadership

Amy Klement on Equity and Imaginable Futures

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 14, 2020

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom is speaking with Amy Klement, Managing Partner of Imaginable Futures on equity and change.

Harmony Public Schools Teacher Designation Pathways Diagram

Competency-Based Education

Change Management at Harmony Public Schools: When Prior Innovations Become Status Quo

Guest Author

Oct 13, 2020

By: Burak Yilmaz. Through the development of a competency-based microcredential system, Harmony Public Schools has become a place where all educators with a growth mindset can thrive.

Competency-Based Education

Finding Your Entry Point to Mastery Learning

Chris Sturgis

Oct 12, 2020

Chris shares two questions and two resources to help find your entry point to mastery learning.

	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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