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Talking Leadership and Transitions with Ron Schmidt

November 14, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Design for Educational Equity, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Innovation in New Mexico: The Origins of Community-Driven, Student-Centered Systems Change

July 30, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Community Schools, State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Fund Innovation, Commit to Equity

Education Domain Blog

Increasing Access to Work-Based Learning: Federal Policy Recommendations

July 26, 2023

Khamiah Alderman, Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Fund Innovation

Rethinking the High School Transcript for the Future of Learning

June 13, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

The Quiet Revolution in Education: Building a More Effective, Personalized, Future-Focused Education System in Kentucky

November 28, 2022

Susan Patrick, Charles Reigeluth

Issue(s): Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Utah’s Launchpad to Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

October 25, 2022

Sydney Young and Michael Hakkarinen

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Federal and State Policy Updates Published August 2021

August 4, 2021

Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Fund Innovation

Education Domain Blog

Federal and State Policy Updates Published July 12th

July 12, 2021

Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Fund Innovation

Education Domain Blog

States Can Use Innovation Zones as K-12 Reimagines Its Future after COVID

June 3, 2021

Fred Jones, Alexis Chambers

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Center for Policy and Advocacy April 2021 Updates

May 6, 2021

Alexis Chambers, Fred Jones

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

The Learner Promise: A Paradigm Shift Whose Time Has Come

October 22, 2020

Susan Patrick, Katherine Casey

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education, Design for Educational Equity, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency

College and Career Acceleration Opportunities and Competency-Based Education

September 2, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Seven States With Enabling Policies to Support Innovations in K-12 Education to Offer More Personalized Approaches and Competency-Based Systems

October 16, 2019

Alexis Chambers, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Support Professional Learning

Education Domain Blog

Funding Challenges and Action Steps for Policymakers to Support Education Transformation

April 18, 2019

Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Fund Innovation

Education Domain Blog

Lessons from South Carolina and Utah on Funding Innovation in Education

March 7, 2019

Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation

Education Domain Blog

Funding to Advance New Learning Models in Idaho and Georgia

February 21, 2019

Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation

Education Domain Blog

Developing a Funding Strategy to Support Innovation in Rhode Island and Arkansas

February 7, 2019

Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation

Education Domain Blog

Vermont and New Hampshire’s Creative Approach to Funding Education Transformation

January 25, 2019

Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation

Education Domain Blog

How States Are Funding Innovation in Education and Supporting Steps for Policymakers

June 26, 2018

Dale Frost, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation

Education Domain Blog

Top State Policy Issues for Leading Edge Educators and Leaders

August 9, 2016

Dale Frost

Issue(s): State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Fund Innovation

Promising State Policies

May 25, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Putting the Pieces Together

February 27, 2016

Karla Esparza-Phillips

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

How Idaho is Making Mastery Education a Reality

February 21, 2016

Kelly Brady

Issue(s): State Policy, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

3 Smart State Approaches to Competency-Based Education

February 10, 2016

Karla Esparza-Phillips

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education