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New Pathways

Recording Arts as Reengagement, Social Justice and Pathway

Jun 28, 2023

David “TC” Ellis dreamed about a new kind of high school that would reengage learners through musicology and alongside colleagues opened the High School for Recording Arts in 1998. Getting Smart staff shares more on this journey.

Equity & Access

E.A.R.N. The Right: Empowering At-Risk Youth with Opportunity

Antonio Boyd

Jun 27, 2023

Antonio Boyd sits with Joe Sicilio, Coach Joe and founder of EARN the Right, for a Q&A about the program.

Learner-Centered

Bridging the Gap Between School and the Real World Starts With Agency

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 23, 2023

Red Bridge School is a novel educational institution nestled in the vibrant city of San Francisco renowned for its innovative and student-centered approach to learning.

Community Partnerships

Mason Pashia

Jun 22, 2023

To better connect schools to green pathways and mobilize change, community partnerships are essential.

EdTech

Generative AI is a New Partner in Learning Experience Design

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 20, 2023

Generative AI will become a widely used instructional design partner for curriculum directors, teachers, and students.

Flexible classroom with whiteboards, student artwork hanging from ceiling, café-style tables, and cozy seating areas

Learner-Centered

Centering Relationships at Anastasis Academy

Guest Author

Jun 19, 2023

Anastasis Academy in Colorado centers student relationships and a creative, spiraling, inquiry-driven curriculum to drive powerful, deeper student learning.

New Pathways

Civic Engagement: Museums Create Meaning

Michelle Blanchet

Jun 12, 2023

As we explore pathways to facilitate civic engagement, it might be worthwhile to investigate the role that museums play in creating pathways that enable youth to step up and take part in the world around them. Michelle Blanchet shares more in her latest post.

Students from MC2 STEM High School critique their classmates’ projects for an event that blends STEM and art.

New Pathways

Creating New Pathways of Prosperity for All

Michael Conner

Jun 9, 2023

Accelerating the urgency to dismantle the current iteration of high school verticals is a necessity to reach ALL. Accelerating the urgency to dismantle the current iteration of high school verticals is a necessity to reach every learner but how do we demystify and dismantle a systemic quandary that has plagued Black and Brown students historically in education?

Young man in safety glasses smiling beside a milling machine in a vocational machining lab

New Pathways

Putting the Connect in Connecticut: Powerful Pathways to Employment from High School

Mason Pashia, Marissa Wicklund

Jun 5, 2023

CTECS is a robust state-run vocational education program that offers high-quality technical education and pathways to employment to high school students in Connecticut.

New Pathways

Measuring Connections in Career-Connected Learning

Guest Author

May 25, 2023

Future Focused Education and Big Picture Learning are proving it’s possible to understand the social side of work-based learning. Both organizations’ commitment to equity has led them down that path.

	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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