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Education Domain Blog

Innovation Spotlight - The Skill, Will, and Resources that Create the Conditions for Young People to Thrive

February 25, 2020

Courtney Belolan, Matthew Shea

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Design for Educational Equity

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

February 3, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community

Designing Equitable and Culturally Responsive Learning Spaces

January 27, 2020

Karla Vigil, Emily Abedon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Mental Health and Wellness Are Key to Learning

January 21, 2020

Brooke Stafford-Brizard

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Aurora Institute and Center for Assessment Recommend Ways State Leaders Can Build Balanced Assessment Systems

January 15, 2020

Carla Evans, Scott Marion, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

What Could a Shift Toward a Whole Child Approach Look Like in Schools? An Emphasis on Mental Health

December 23, 2019

Brooke Stafford-Brizard

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

The State of the Field, 2019

December 6, 2019

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

The Challenges of a Large, Diverse School District and the Promises of Performance Assessment Micro-credentials

December 2, 2019

Justin Elliott

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education

November 14, 2019

Eliot Levine, Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education

November 14, 2019

Eliot Levine, Susan Patrick

Issue(s): State Policy, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

Eliot Levine Shares News on the Definition of Competency-Based Education in the Latest Innovation Spotlight Podcast

November 12, 2019

DeQuendre Bertrand

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Getting to the Heart of Equity in Education - Pt. 2

October 16, 2019

Kara Bobroff

Issue(s): State Policy, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Engage Community

Education Domain Blog

Getting to the Heart of Equity in Education

September 27, 2019

Caroline Hill

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Design for Educational Equity

Keeping Students at the Center with Culturally Relevant Performance Assessments

July 29, 2019

Maya Kaul

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Design for Educational Equity

Improving School Equity Through A Student-Led PD Activity and an Equity Summit at Casco Bay

May 28, 2019

Derek Pierce

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Education Domain Blog

65 Years On: A Reflection on Brown v. Board and Educational Equity

May 17, 2019

Ashley Jones, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

65 Years On: A Reflection on Brown v. Board and Educational Equity

May 17, 2019

Ashley Jones, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Education Domain Blog

The First Step in DEI Work Is Looking in the Mirror

April 4, 2019

Ashley Jones

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Deep Poverty, Deeper Learning, and Being an Ally

March 25, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Educolor: Elevating the Voices of Public School Advocates of Color

March 21, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Amplifying Messages on Equity and Anti-Racism from SXSW EDU

March 18, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

How Competency-Based Learning Supports Culturally Responsive Curriculum

March 15, 2019

Sara Tahir

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Education Domain Blog

Considering Equity in Education During Black History Month

February 27, 2019

Ashley Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

In Real Life: Designing Outcomes Aimed for Equity

January 28, 2019

Jenny Poon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

Education Domain Blog

The Journey Toward Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

January 21, 2019

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity