{"id":3588,"date":"2015-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/education-re-imagined\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:56:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:56:08","slug":"education-re-imagined","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/education-re-imagined\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Re-Imagined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11818 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pic-1-300x100-300x100.png\" alt=\"pic 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergencepolicy.org\/education-reimagined-advisory-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Convergence<\/a>, a national organization tackling big social issues, released a fantastic report titled\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/education-reimagined.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Education Re-Imagined<\/a>\u00a0today. The report \u201cseeks to accelerate the growth of learner-centered education\u201d by highlighting pioneers. Convergence defines a learner-centered education as having five elements: competency-based, personalized, learner agency, socially embedded, and open-walled.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the districts and schools promoted by Convergence are well-developed competency-based models, including <a href=\"http:\/\/education-reimagined.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PP_Chugach.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chugach School District<\/a> (click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/reflections\/driven-by-student-empowerment-chugach-school-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> for CompetencyWorks case study), <a href=\"http:\/\/education-reimagined.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PP_Iowa-BIG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iowa BIG<\/a> (a visit to BIG by Maria Worthen will be published tomorrow), <a href=\"http:\/\/education-reimagined.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PP_LUD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lindsay Unified<\/a>\u00a0(click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/insights-into-implementation\/six-trends-at-lindsay-unified-school-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> for our case study), <a href=\"http:\/\/education-reimagined.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PP_MC2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Making Community Connections Charter School<\/a> (click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/igniting-learning-at-the-making-community-connections-charter-school-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> for our case study), <a href=\"http:\/\/education-reimagined.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PP_TCS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taylor County School District<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/education-reimagined.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PP_Summit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summit Public Schools<\/a>. Convergence\u2019s profiles are short one pagers you can easily use with school board, community members, and parents.<\/p>\n<p>The real power of this report is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergencepolicy.org\/education-reimagined-advisory-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">advisory board<\/a>, which includes John Jackson, President &amp; CEP Schott Foundation;\u00a0Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers; Becky Pringle, Vice President, National Education Association; Johnny Veselka, Executive Director, Texas Association of Schools Administrators; as well as principals, former superintendents, business leaders, and foundation leaders. You can use this report to demonstrate that these different perspectives and institutions are all \u201cconverging\u201d on a common vision for education in America.<\/p>\n<p>You might find parts of the reports helpful to your own communication efforts:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The description of a learner-centered education as having five elements: competency-based, personalized, learner agency, socially embedded, and open-walled is just about the best I\u2019ve seen. Again, not sure that \u201cagency\u201d is going to be a word that is easily accessible. You might try independence instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The chart comparing the industrial age to the learner-centered paradigm highlights the changes in frame of reference, model, and model components. (Although I\u2019m not sure parents who are scrambling to make a living in service jobs are going to relate to the idea of networks and lateral connections. Check that out before you go too far down that road.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11819\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pic-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11819 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pic-2-300x239.png\" alt=\"pic 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click Image to Enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The chart describing model components of the traditional system compared to learner-centered is really useful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11820\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pic-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11820 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pic-3-279x300-279x300.png\" alt=\"pic 3\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click Image to Enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Let us know if you use any of this report in your community and how you make adjustments so we can continue to strengthen our communication efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mapsvg_location":""},"legacy_category":[],"issue":[368,390],"location":[],"class_list":["post-3588","cw_post","type-cw_post","status-publish","hentry","issue-issues-in-practice","issue-engage-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Education Re-Imagined - Aurora Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/education-re-imagined\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Education Re-Imagined - Aurora Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Convergence, a national organization tackling big social issues, released a fantastic report titled\u00a0Education Re-Imagined\u00a0today. 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