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New Pathways

Building Rural Learning Pathways to Strengthen the Future of Community

Nov 1, 2022

By integrating dual enrollment, credentials and CTE, high school students are better able to graduate with college credit and viable credentialed experiences to support entry into the postsecondary workforce.

Learner-Centered

Tips from the Field: 4 Strategies for Supporting students

Guest Author

Oct 31, 2022

Educators all know that keeping students connected and engaged is critical to their success in school. Here are four strategies for supporting students.

Leadership

Exploring New Pathways at the NVSIDE Conference

Rachelle Dené Poth

Oct 25, 2022

The Nevada Society of Innovators and Digital Educators, NVSIDE, which was formerly known as CUE Nevada, held its in-person Silver State Technology conference at the Lied STEM Academy.

Learner-Centered

What Could You Do with 5 Additional Hours of Time with Students Each Day?

Trace Pickering

Oct 24, 2022

Trace Pickering pens the final piece of a three-part series on valuing learner time.

Equity & Access

Innova: A Revolution in Education?

Guest Author

Oct 21, 2022

Innova Schools is designed to rapidly cut through the vast inequities that exist and be a lever for change in Latin America.

Learner-Centered

Taking Work-Based Learning to the Next Level: Lessons from Alaska

Guest Author

Oct 20, 2022

Nicole Assisi, a leader in innovative change, shares insights about what makes a strong work-based learning program.

New Pathways

Rupert Ward on Badging and Digital Trust

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 15, 2022

Nate McClennen is joined by Rupert Ward, a former Special Adviser and Project Lead for iDEA, to discuss badging, learning fitness and more.

Personalized Learning

Students Are Calling BS on High School and Opportunity Knocks

Trace Pickering

Oct 10, 2022

Schools talk a lot about personalizing learning, of meeting kids where they are, and yet we see most high schools continue forward with prescribed, discipline-specific courses that continues to isolate disciplines from one another despite the fact that they are highly interrelated.

New Pathways

How Systems and States Can Encourage Better Project-Based Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 7, 2022

Projects develop critical skills including problem definition, design thinking, problem-solving, communications, collaboration, and project management.

New Pathways

The Rooted School Network: Experiencing Success in College and Work in High School

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 4, 2022

Rooted Schools exist to provide “personal pathways to financial freedom" and is emerging as a national microschool network blending college credit, work experience and industry credentials (a nimble, next-gen P-TECH cousin) with strong supports in student-centered environments.

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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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