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Equity & Access

Reimagining School Starts with Reclaiming Time

Guest Author

Jul 11, 2025

Exploring innovative time structures in schools to enhance personalized, competency-based learning and support teacher collaboration.

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New Pathways

Integrating Traditional Assessments into Non-Traditional Learning Environments

Guest Author

Jun 24, 2025

Explore how microschools innovate assessments, embracing mastery-based learning, AI, and alternative methods for diverse learner success.

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Ed Policy

From Clusters to Culture: Sustaining Readiness Through MAP(s)

Adam Kulaas

May 27, 2025

Embedding career readiness into district culture ensures sustainable pathways for students, transforming readiness into systemic practice.

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New Pathways

Clusters in Action: Building Pathway Ecosystems That Work

Adam Kulaas

May 20, 2025

Explore Tacoma's pathway ecosystems leveraging CTE clusters, boosting readiness with innovative learning and real-world experience.

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SEL & Mindset

Connection and Co-Regulation Precede Self-Management: A Common Sense Approach to Learning, Development and Discipline

Guest Author

May 12, 2025

Explore the impact of co-regulation over punishment in school discipline for fostering student self-regulation and healthy brain development.

Uncategorized

Harnessing Cross-Cutting Career Clusters to Prepare Learners for the Future of Work

Mason Pashia, Guest Author

May 8, 2025

Preparing learners with cross-cutting career clusters enhances interdisciplinary skills for future work demands.

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Leadership

What is the Evolving Role of Future Educators?

Rebecca Midles, Nate McClennen

May 5, 2025

Explore the new educator responsibilities in classrooms that enhance learning through technology and personalized experiences.

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Designing | Navigate Governance and Accountability

Mason Pashia

Apr 29, 2025

To innovate within a public school system, you must comply with federal, state, and system policy. Policies will differ based on your governance model.

Implementing | Support Educators and Ongoing Professional Learning

Mason Pashia

Apr 29, 2025

The success of a microschool depends heavily on the people leading learning every day. Educators in microschools take on a wide range of responsibilities.

Designing | Solidify Staffing

Mason Pashia

Apr 29, 2025

In a small, relationship-centered environment, every team member plays multiple roles—educator, advisor, problem-solver, and connector.

	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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