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Green Schools

Safe Haven: Putting Our Schools at the Heart of Disaster Preparedness

Guest Author

Dec 15, 2025

Schools can be at the heart of disaster preparedness, becoming safe havens to shelter, reconnect, and support communities in times of crisis.

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New Pathways

Inaugural Address: A Rallying Cry for An Abundant Future

Mason Pashia, Guest Author

Dec 12, 2025

A vision for a thriving learning ecosystem rooted in abundance, innovation, trust, and personalized pathways for lifelong learners.

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Career & Technical Ed

Preparing Youth for Their Future: What Our Exploration of Durable Skills Across Twelve Innovative High Schools Tells Us About What Is Possible

Guest Author

Dec 11, 2025

Innovative schools develop durable skills through authentic work, competency-based learning, and reflection, preparing students for dynamic futures.

New Pathways

So Others Might Eat (SOME) Poised to Take The Underserved Into The Ai Workforce

Antonio Boyd

Dec 9, 2025

The SOME Center for Employment Training combines hands-on vocational training with wrap-around services and AI-driven innovations for career success.

Impact Update 2025

Mason Pashia

Dec 4, 2025

A Message from Our Team This past year has been one of growth, learning, and partnership. Together with partners from across the country, we’ve continued to imagine and design the future of learning for all students. Two publications stand out in 2025. First, we released the Public…

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Difference Making

The Power of Participation: Why Public Leadership and Civic Readiness is a Solution to our Schools’ Engagement Problem

Tom Vander Ark, Nate McClennen, Fernande Raine

Dec 4, 2025

Discover how the power of participation reshapes education, turning students into active co-creators of their learning experiences.

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Equity & Access

What is the Role of School Counselors in the Age of AI?

David Ross

Dec 4, 2025

Exploring the evolving role of school counselors as AI tools transform emotional support, mental health, and student-teacher relationships.

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Personalized Learning

Education’s Netflix Moment: A “Yes, And” Approach for Assessment System Innovation

Eric Tucker, Edward Metz

Dec 3, 2025

Understanding the new era of assessment requires balancing traditional methods with innovative, adaptive strategies for growth.

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EdTech

Can Tutoring—and Technology—Finally Solve Bloom’s Two Sigma Problem?

Guest Author

Nov 25, 2025

Tutoring and technology are revolutionizing education, addressing Bloom's two sigma problem with scalable, cost-effective, high-impact solutions.

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EdTech

So you can “Finish School” in 2 Hours a Day, Then What?

Mason Pashia, Nate McClennen

Nov 20, 2025

"AI in education: Alpha School’s 2-hour mastery-based model and experiential learning redefine student outcomes and the future of learning."

	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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