{"id":2237,"date":"2021-11-10T14:33:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T14:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/symposium2021\/?page_id=2237"},"modified":"2021-11-30T18:12:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T18:12:03","slug":"symposium-highlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/symposium2021\/symposium-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Symposium Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1636745924712{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;background-color: #042039 !important;}&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Symposium Video Recordings, Slides, and Resources<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Access Symposium 2021 video recordings, slides, and other resources shared by presenters by clicking the links below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"link--icon\" href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/symposium2021\/symposium-highlights\/\">Highlights &amp; Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"link--icon\" href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/symposium2021\/agenda\/day-1-oct-25-2021\/\">Day 1 &#8211; October 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"link--icon\" href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/symposium2021\/agenda\/day-2-oct-26-2021\/\">Day 2 &#8211; October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"link--icon\" href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/symposium2021\/agenda\/day-3-oct-27-2021\/\">Day 3 &#8211; October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_row el_class=&#8221;container&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1579906640091{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-7&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1603601708513{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Symposium at a Glance<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Registration for the Symposium will open in early June 2021. Early-bird pricing will run through July 30, 2021. Watch this page for updates to the program.<\/p>\n<p>Please Note: All times are in the Eastern Time Zone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1603&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/symposium2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/aurora-institute-2020-symposium-program-book2.pdf&#8221;][vc_column_text]Aurora Institute Virtual Symposium Program Book<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn button\" href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/symposium2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/aurora-institute-2020-symposium-program-book2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Download<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Monday, October 25, 2021<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>11:00-11:45 AM: Opening Keynote Plenary<\/li>\n<li>12:00-1:00 PM: Breakout Sessions<\/li>\n<li>1:15-2:15 PM: Breakout Sessions<\/li>\n<li>2:30-3:30 PM: Breakout Sessions<\/li>\n<li>3:40-4:00 PM: Breakout Sessions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Tuesday, October 26, 2021<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>11:00-11:45 AM: Keynote Plenary<\/li>\n<li>12:00-1:00 PM: Breakout Sessions<\/li>\n<li>1:15-2:15 PM: Breakout Sessions<\/li>\n<li>2:30-2:40 PM: Ignite Breakout Sessions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Wednesday, October 27, 2021<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>11:00-11:45 AM: Keynote Plenary<\/li>\n<li>12:00-1:00 PM: Breakout Sessions<\/li>\n<li>1:15-1:35 PM: Breakout Sessions<\/li>\n<li>1:45-2:45 PM: Closing Keynote: Student Panel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Please Note: All times are in the Eastern Time Zone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Registration for the Symposium will open in early June 2021. Early-bird pricing will run through July 30, 2021. Watch this page for updates to the program.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Registration for the Symposium will open in early June 2021. Early-bird pricing will run through July 30, 2021. Watch this page for updates to the program.<\/p>\n<p>Please Note: All times are in the Eastern Time Zone.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1583411017788{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}&#8221;][vc_row el_class=&#8221;container&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1579906673173{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;reveal&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-7&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Pre-Conference Workshops, Opening Keynote &amp; Reception<\/h3>\n<h5>Morning Pre-Conferences: Monday, October 28, 2019 8:00 \u2013 11:00 am PT<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Helping Schools Realize Their Unique Vision of a Personalized, Competency-Based System Using the Research of Dr. Marzano<\/h4>\n<h5>Bill Zima, Director of Implementation, Marzano Academies<br \/>\nBob Marzano (Joining virtually), Founder, Marzano Academies<\/h5>\n<p>Marzano Academies is a place where all students will learn the content and skills they need for success in college, career, and beyond within a competency-based education program. Based on 45 years of educational research created by Dr. Robert Marzano, the Academies look to implement theories of assessment, instruction, and curriculum, in a culture that promotes learner agency and transforms the school into a high-reliability organization. The Marzano Academies\u2019 model typically progresses through three distinct phases, which correlate with school academic years. Sixteen school level indicators and 10 focus areas of instruction comprise the three phases of Academy development. Come to this pre-conference session and immerse yourself in the model to learn the WHY and HOW schools can support the development of learner agency while supporting them to become competent in the concepts and skills associated with the content.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Helping Schools Realize Their Unique Vision of a Personalized, Competency-Based System Using the Research of Dr. Marzano<\/h4>\n<h5>Bill Zima, Director of Implementation, Marzano Academies<br \/>\nBob Marzano (Joining virtually), Founder, Marzano Academies<\/h5>\n<p>Marzano Academies is a place where all students will learn the content and skills they need for success in college, career, and beyond within a competency-based education program. Based on 45 years of educational research created by Dr. Robert Marzano, the Academies look to implement theories of assessment, instruction, and curriculum, in a culture that promotes learner agency and transforms the school into a high-reliability organization. The Marzano Academies\u2019 model typically progresses through three distinct phases, which correlate with school academic years. Sixteen school level indicators and 10 focus areas of instruction comprise the three phases of Academy development. Come to this pre-conference session and immerse yourself in the model to learn the WHY and HOW schools can support the development of learner agency while supporting them to become competent in the concepts and skills associated with the content.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Helping Schools Realize Their Unique Vision of a Personalized, Competency-Based System Using the Research of Dr. Marzano<\/h4>\n<h5>Bill Zima, Director of Implementation, Marzano Academies<br \/>\nBob Marzano (Joining virtually), Founder, Marzano Academies<\/h5>\n<p>Marzano Academies is a place where all students will learn the content and skills they need for success in college, career, and beyond within a competency-based education program. Based on 45 years of educational research created by Dr. Robert Marzano, the Academies look to implement theories of assessment, instruction, and curriculum, in a culture that promotes learner agency and transforms the school into a high-reliability organization. The Marzano Academies\u2019 model typically progresses through three distinct phases, which correlate with school academic years. Sixteen school level indicators and 10 focus areas of instruction comprise the three phases of Academy development. Come to this pre-conference session and immerse yourself in the model to learn the WHY and HOW schools can support the development of learner agency while supporting them to become competent in the concepts and skills associated with the content.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;reveal&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Symposium Agenda<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"link--icon\" href=\"#\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7:00 am \u2013 6:00 pm: Registration is Open<\/li>\n<li>8:00 am \u2013 11:00 am: Morning Pre-Conference Workshops<\/li>\n<li>12:00 pm \u2013 3:00 pm: Afternoon Pre-Conference Workshops<\/li>\n<li>8:00 am \u2013 3:00 pm: Full Day Pre-Conference Workshops<\/li>\n<li>3:30 pm \u2013 5:00 pm: Opening Keynote<\/li>\n<li>5:00 pm \u2013 7:00 pm: iNACOL President\u2019s Welcome Reception<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7:00 am \u2013 6:00 pm: Registration is Open<\/li>\n<li>8:00 am \u2013 11:00 am: Morning Pre-Conference Workshops<\/li>\n<li>12:00 pm \u2013 3:00 pm: Afternoon Pre-Conference Workshops<\/li>\n<li>8:00 am \u2013 3:00 pm: Full Day Pre-Conference Workshops<\/li>\n<li>3:30 pm \u2013 5:00 pm: Opening Keynote<\/li>\n<li>5:00 pm \u2013 7:00 pm: iNACOL President\u2019s Welcome Reception<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7:00 am \u2013 6:00 pm: Registration is Open<\/li>\n<li>8:00 am \u2013 11:00 am: Morning Pre-Conference Workshops<\/li>\n<li>12:00 pm \u2013 3:00 pm: Afternoon Pre-Conference Workshops<\/li>\n<li>8:00 am \u2013 3:00 pm: Full Day Pre-Conference Workshops<\/li>\n<li>3:30 pm \u2013 5:00 pm: Opening Keynote<\/li>\n<li>5:00 pm \u2013 7:00 pm: iNACOL President\u2019s Welcome Reception<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621215329460{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}&#8221;][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621216308335{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Agenda at a Glance<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;reveal&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621215597719{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 60px !important;margin-left: 60px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Monday<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">October 25, 2021<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul class=\"read-aloud\">\n<li>11:00-11:45 AM: Opening Keynote Plenary<\/li>\n<li>12:00-1:00 PM: Breakout Sessions\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Journey &#8211; Lessons About Student Learning During COVID-19 and Implications for Current Practice<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aligning Systems Change in Three Urban Districts &#8211; Rethinking the District Role in Leading for Student Agency\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Centering Young People in Pathways Systems Change\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Personalizing State-Wide Transformation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taking an Ecosystem Approach to Meeting the Diverse Needs of Learners in Response to COVID-19 and Beyond<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1:15-2:15 PM: Breakout Sessions\n<ul class=\"read-aloud\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Connections at the Center: Innovative Approaches to Relationship-Centered School Designs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Equity-Seeking Transformation as a Core COVID-19 Recovery Strategy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One Good Question: How Three New School Models Shifted from Redesign to COVID-19 Implementation\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ready for the Challenge: How Student-Centered Schools Have Innovated, Adapted, and Gauged their Success in a Global Pandemic\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reimagining Washington\u2019s Education System Through Mastery-Based Learning and a Profile of a Graduate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Future of Accountability: Learning Lessons from Local Accountability Pilots to Inform Transformational Change<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Transformative Learning Experiences in Post-COVID-19 School: Lessons from an Alternative School on Re-Engaging Youth in their Learning<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2:30-3:30 PM: Breakout Sessions\n<ul class=\"read-aloud\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Designing a Personalized, Competency-Based Learning System of Professional Learning: Placing Collaboration, Flexibility, and a Bias Towards Action at the Core<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elevating Student Experiences to Build Equitable Learning Environments and Outcomes Together: Learn How to Utilize a Free Research-Based Survey to Highlight and Support 6th-12th Grade Student Voices<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Equitable Access to Learning through Competency-Based School Choice Models\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From Standards-Based to Competency-Based Learning: One District\u2019s PK-12 Story\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our Journey to Equitable Community Engagement in Springfield\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supporting All Teachers as Teachers of English Learners:\u00a0 A Micro-Credential, Competency-Based Approach to Teacher Professional Learning<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upgrading Our Educators\u2019 Job Descriptions for Student-Centered Success: Bringing the Portrait of a Future Educator to Life<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Agency by Design: Making Learning Engaging<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>3:40-4:00 PM: Twenty-Minute Power Sessions and Programs to Watch\n<ul class=\"read-aloud\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Colorado&#8217;s Graduation Guidelines: An Implementation Study<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Diversifying the Teaching Profession through AmeriCorps Service: City Year\u2019s Teacher Pathway Initiative<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leveraging Integrated and Holistic Learning Solutions to Support Literacy \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leveraging Open System Leadership to Create Equitable Pathways with Authentic Shared Ownership \u2013 and Redefined Roles \u2013 Across K-12, Higher Education, Workforce, and Community Partners<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reimagining Civic Education Through Museum and Community-Based Learning\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">#RethinkCurriculum: A Model That Increases Learners\u2019 Engagement and Success with High-Quality, Culturally-Relevant, Competency-Based Learning Experiences<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shovel the Ramp Not the Stairs: Turning Inequality into Inclusive Instruction \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speak Truth to Power: Action Research of Graduation Pathways<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Student Experience Survey: Actionable Data Connected to Culturally Responsive Teaching<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whole-Child Design: How To Use The Science of Learning and Development to Redesign Classrooms, Schools, and Systems and Accelerate Healthy Development, Learning, and Thriving <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_empty_space 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\u2013 Spotlighting State Efforts to Leverage This Unprecedented Opportunity to Dismantle the Legacy of Seat-Time\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From Chaos to Sustained Innovation \u2013 Leveraging Partnerships to Rethink Barriers and Enable New Learning, Relevance, and Engagement<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It&#8217;s Up to Us to Make Competency-Based Education Culturally Responsive and Sustaining<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Possible, Practical, and Actionable: Breaking Down the Artificial Silos Between Education and Community<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schools Need a Success Coach for Every Learner <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1:15-2:15 PM: Breakout Sessions\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">24\/7 Professional Growth: How to Completely Flip Professional Learning with Component-Based Learning through Instructional Design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ambitious Teaching and Learning\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Calling the Equitable Open System into Existence: How Colorado School Districts Partnered with their Students, Families, and Community Members to Create DEI Taskforces to Move from Talk\u2026 to Action<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Competency-Based Education: Getting Started with Learner-Centered Practice and an Equity Lens<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Empowering Online and Blended Programs to Customize Legally Sound Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities, Especially in a Post-COVID-19 World<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Excellence through Micro-Credentials: Lessons from Juab Teacher Leadership\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hearts, Hands, and Minds: Engaging Students in Performance-Based Assessments that Emphasize Social Justice and Social-Emotional Learning\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shields Elementary: The Story of a District-Run Texas School that Used Community Redesign Process to Move Toward Personalized Learning\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stopping Learning Loss in Deprived Communities by Treating Daily Toxic Stress: A Mental Health\/Trauma-Informed Model\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Harbor Freight Fellows Initiative \u2013 A New Form of Apprenticing to Support Youth Entering the Trades<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2:30-2:40 PM: Ten-Minute Ignite Sessions\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Competency-Based Education Helps Address Some of the Inequities Baked into the K-12 Education System<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Schools Can Help Cultivate Learner Identity and Agency<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Key Principles for Project-Based Learning <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How States Are Redefining Success Using a Profile of a Graduate<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621216321710{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;reveal&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621216001020{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 60px !important;margin-left: 60px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 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