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Career & Technical Ed
The Time for Action is Now: Get Ready For Careers of the Future
The CAPS network is launching the “Innovating Education for Careers of the Future” playbook, a resource to support the shift from awareness to action.
Competency-Based Education
Are You Putting Learners First? Here are 8 Ways to Check Yourself
Shifting to a learner-centered design frame of mind is becoming more crucial in order to adapt to learners changing educational needs. Here are ways to ensure you are putting the learner first.
Equity & Access
Prioritize Building Relationships With Your Students: What Science Says
Relationships are at the heart of meaningful learning. We must attend to the social dynamics of learning by providing opportunities for students to develop their emotional awareness and skills.
Difference Making
Tools to Boost Student Engagement at the End of the Year
New game-based digital experiences may just be what learners need to boost their student engagement.
Difference Making
The Power and Possibility of Community Learning Hubs
Community Learning Hubs have become a lifeline for students that are in all virtual and hybrid school models providing a safe place to be throughout the day and, in some cases, evenings.
Place Based Education
Town Hall Recap: Every Place is a Place
On this monthly town hall, we went long on place-based education and the ways in which it is a powerful tool for building community and inquiry. We also discussed the ways in which community-connected projects are an outstanding way to continue learning through the summer and beyond.
Difference Making
Learner-Centered and Project-Based Middle Schools
Middle schools across the country are changing the world for better through meaningful project-based learning.
Difference Making
Global Brigades Offers Students Transformational Learning Experiences, While Transforming Global Communities
For 15 years, Global Brigades has impacted international community-led sustainability via student-funded social responsibility; and they're just getting started.
Leadership
From Last Chance to First Choice: Alternative Schools That Show the Way Forward
By: T. Vander Ark & R. Midles. Tom and Rebecca share seven types of schools that provide a learner-centered alternative to traditional high schools.
Competency-Based Education
School Isn’t About Classes, It’s About Learning
By: Garrett Smiley. The easiest way for schools to ensure individual relevance and therefore counteract concerning mental health trends is by letting students lead their education through curiosity.