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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

Personalization and Positive School Culture at Del Lago Academy

February 19, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

Q&A on Mental Health and the Future of Learning with Brooke Stafford-Brizard and Pamela Cantor, M.D.

February 17, 2020

Brooke Stafford-Brizard, Pamela Cantor

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Science Competencies and Micro-credentials at Del Lago Academy

February 13, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Interdisciplinary Projects and Assessment Practices at Del Lago Academy

February 10, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

New Innovation Spotlight Episode – Adopting and Applying a Futures-Thinking Mindset in Education

February 10, 2020

Courtney Belolan, Matthew Shea

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

Education Domain Blog

Bringing Critical Design Pillars into Practice

February 7, 2020

Brooke Stafford-Brizard

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

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

Education Domain Blog

New Innovation Spotlight Episode – Shawn Rubin on Innovative Educator Prep and Stakeholder Voice

January 29, 2020

Communications

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, 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

Transitioning to Standards-Based Grading

January 20, 2020

Eliot Levine

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

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

Framing Habits of Work and Capstone Skills in Northern Cass

January 14, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field, Redefine Student Success

The Evolution of Competency-Based Transformation in Northern Cass

January 8, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

Education Innovation Is Flourishing Across the Commonwealth of Virginia

January 3, 2020

Natalie Slocum

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Reinventing Crediting and Transcripts (Part 2): Considerations for Making Change

January 2, 2020

Jonathan Martin

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Reinventing Crediting and Transcripts (Part 1): Learning from Experience

December 30, 2019

Jonathan Martin

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Building 21’s Open Competencies, Rubrics, and Professional Development Activities

December 23, 2019

Thomas Gaffey

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, 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

The Competency Train Pulls Into Kankakee: Common Start-up Challenges and Strategies

December 17, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Deep Community Partnerships Lead to Authentic Project-Based Learning at Oakland USD

December 12, 2019

Young Whan Choi

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community

Education Domain Blog

A Call to Action for Higher Education to Modernize Teaching

December 12, 2019

Katherine Casey

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

What's New In K-12 Competency-Based Education?

December 6, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

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