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Equity & Access

What Happens When We Trust Teachers?

Aug 4, 2025

By: Michelle Blanchet and Darcy Bakkegard Innovation is a common goal in education. But too often, the very people at the center—teachers—are left out of the process. Professional learning often focuses on ensuring that teachers implement top-down initiatives or adapt rigid models and frameworks that rarely reflect the…

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Future of Learning

Josh Bersin on Dynamic Learning Content

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 1, 2025

Exploring how AI revolutionizes corporate learning with dynamic content, HR systems, and tools like Galileo to empower super workers and educators.

Teachers collaborating around laptops and tablets during a history curriculum planning session

EdTech

Scaling Smart: Diversifying Funding and Partnership Strategies During Uncertain Times

Guest Author

Jul 31, 2025

Discover strategies for diversifying funding and partnerships in education amidst uncertain budgets. Flexibility and focus are key to sustained impact.

Three educators featured on the Getting Smart Podcast episode about Monterey County computer science education.

Equity & Access

Monterey County on Computer Science Education

Victoria Andrews

Jul 30, 2025

California leads in computer science education with equity-focused initiatives, empowering educators and learners for a future-ready world.

Students and an adult engage in a mystery dinner party activity at The Forest School, reading "The Mystery Post" newspaper clues.

Competency-Based Education

Transforming Teaching: Mindsets That Move Us From Control to Agency

Guest Author

Jul 29, 2025

Discover how shifting educator mindsets from control to agency can empower learners to thrive in a fast-changing, AI-driven world.

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Equity & Access

Teaching in the Metaverse Generation: Aligning School with Virtual Life

David Ross

Jul 28, 2025

Exploring how Gen Z's fused physical and virtual worlds challenge traditional education and offer opportunities for new teaching strategies.

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Equity & Access

Advancing AI Through Equity and Access

Antonio Boyd

Jul 24, 2025

Exploring how equitable AI integration in education, led by HBCUs, can bridge racial gaps, empower communities, and foster inclusivity in learning.

Getting Smart Podcast with Benjamin Freud, Biomimicry for Regenerative Design Lab, Green School Bali

Green Schools

Benjamin Freud on the Biomimicry for Regenerative Design Lab at Green School Bali

Mason Pashia

Jul 23, 2025

Explore regenerative design in education with Benjamin Freud as we rethink systems, embrace emergence, and create conditions conducive to life.

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Learning Design

Learning Conducive to Life: A Radical Approach at the Biomimicry for Regenerative Design Lab at Green Schools Bali

Guest Author

Jul 22, 2025

BiRD Lab at Green School Bali fosters systems change by learning from nature, using a 4S approach to create sustainable, regenerative designs.

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New Pathways

What Did I Do “At School” Today? A Learner from 2040 Tells All

Mason Pashia

Jul 17, 2025

Explore a future where cities become classrooms, with unbundled learning ecosystems, personalized AI, and lifelong learning opportunities.

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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

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