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This post originally appeared at the Center for Collaborative Education<\/a> on November 13, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Backpack<\/p>\n

In our large, urban school district\u2014Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky<\/a>\u2014we are challenging ourselves to do more than ask students to bubble in circles to \u201cprove\u201d what they know. We are expecting students to demonstrate and provide evidence of their abilities, skills, and dispositions. We know we are not alone. Across the world, schools are creating profiles of learners and portraits of graduates to describe the aspirations of their students. Schools are organizing exhibitions, demonstrations, presentations, and defenses of learning. Schools are planning learning experiences that are engaging and relevant, and that recognize that a person\u2019s agency grows when their work is applied to the world.<\/p>\n

At the more than 150 Jefferson County Public Schools, this has proven to be a worthy and large task. We have set the bar high\u2014we want to ensure that every student, every year:<\/p>\n