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For states beginning their journeys to student-centered learning, a powerful strategy that policymakers can start with is to create space for local educators to lead this transformation with innovation zones.
Innovation zones offer school districts a way to request waivers or exemptions from regulations and statutes to implement groundbreaking learning environments. They enable state leaders to identify outdated policies and regulations that can impede these innovative educators from meeting the needs of every student.
To help state policymakers enact effective innovation zone policies, we’ve published an updated issue brief, Innovation Zones: Creating Policy Flexibility for Competency-Based, Personalized Learning, with seven examples of how states or localities have approached innovation zones statutes and regulations: |
