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New Pathways

Closing the Opportunity Gap with Access to College-Level Courses for Every High School Learner

Jean Liu

Apr 26, 2023

Every high school student in the country deserves the opportunity to try a college course in high school.

Future of Learning

World of Work Summit 2023

Guest Author

Apr 18, 2023

Norton Gusky recaps experiences from the World of Work Summit.

Students presenting an architecture project display board to an adult evaluator at a school science fair

Learner-Centered

Human Connection in Deeper Learning

Aaron Schorn

Apr 10, 2023

What is the answer to deeper learning? Human connection.

Equity & Access

Accelerate ED Initiative Creates Opportunities for Students to Excel

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 4, 2023

Throughout a nine-month design sprint, 12 teams worked to create a blueprint for expanding access to and understanding of accelerated pathways.

Green Schools

A Purpose Proposal: Entrepreneurial Thinking and Sustainability Must Be Core Components of Pathways

Mason Pashia, Michelle Blanchet

Mar 21, 2023

The work-based learning pathways that incorporate apprenticeships and mentorship leading to family-sustaining wages should also include opportunities to develop entrepreneurial thinking and sustainability elements critical to a thriving and regenerative economic ecosystem.

Raise the Bar: Policy Shaping Pathways For All — Getting Smart event graphic, February 28, 2023, 1pm PT

Ed Policy

Town Hall Recap: Raise the Bar

Getting Smart Staff

Mar 15, 2023

On this town hall, we were joined by Amy Loyd of the Department of Education and Julie Lammers of ASA to discuss policy shaping pathways.

Equity & Access

Collaborating with Community as Partners in Fulfilling the Promise of your Graduate Profile

Guest Author

Mar 6, 2023

Community engagement and collaboration is essential in both planning and implementing Graduate Profiles in order to fulfill the promise articulated in your profile. ACE Leadership HS partners with the community in a variety of ways; this blog focuses on a specific strategy to collaborate on curriculum design and project planning that can be adapted in many settings.

Learner-Centered

Four Key Lessons from Utah for Accelerating and Expanding Learner-Centered Education

Guest Author

Mar 2, 2023

Policymakers and practitioners regularly stated that the country couldn’t afford to simply revert to our traditional, industrial-era approach to education. What can be done to take advantage of this opportunity and transform and reinvent our K-12 system into something better?

New Pathways

School Districts and Charter Authorizers Need Innovation Pathways

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 2, 2023

It’s time for more new schools that meet new demands and take advantage of new opportunities--new schools inside public schools and public districts and new charter schools and networks.

Future of Learning

The Surging World of Work

Guest Author

Feb 28, 2023

World of Work is a career initiative that started in the Cajon Valley Union School District, San Diego CA. There are now districts across the United States who are using this model to prepare students in K-12 for their future directions.

	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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