{"id":1349,"date":"2017-11-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/current-to-future-state-a-vision-for-a-future-student-centered-k-12-education-system\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T16:58:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T20:58:05","slug":"current-to-future-state-a-vision-for-a-future-student-centered-k-12-education-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/current-to-future-state-a-vision-for-a-future-student-centered-k-12-education-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Current to Future State: A Vision for a Future, Student-Centered K-12 Education System"},"content":{"rendered":"
In our last blog post<\/a>, we introduced the<\/span> threshold concepts<\/span><\/i> we need to understand to embrace a vision of transformation to a future education system that can truly prepare every student for success.<\/span><\/p>\n The threshold concepts are:<\/span><\/p>\n In this blog post, we are going to discuss our vision for the future transformation of K-12 education, long-term policy issues and changes needed, and identify action steps for policymakers to catalyze the transformation from the current state to the future state. <\/span><\/p>\n Transforming education systems to student-centered learning will not be easy or simple. It will require sustained support, effort and focus over the long-term. Without a long game plan and a vision of transformation shared broadly across stakeholders within a state, any efforts to transform education systems will likely result in only marginal changes, tweaks or minor improvements to pieces of the current system. <\/span><\/p>\n It is time to build K-12 education systems based on the core principle that all students can succeed and be prepared for flourishing in the next steps in their learning, the workforce and life.<\/span><\/p>\n State policymakers can catalyze this transformational change by:<\/span><\/p>\n All three of these elements, addressed in a coherent manner, are essential to continuous improvement over time.<\/span><\/p>\n State leaders should partner with local educators, stakeholders and communities to create and support a new vision of transformation to student-centered learning because they will have:<\/span><\/p>\n It is our belief that the success of a long-range strategy towards an education system where all students can be successful will largely be determined by the extent to which the process engages the educators and leaders who implement new learning models, and the families and communities whose students have the most at stake. <\/span><\/p>\n It is particularly important that the views and perspectives of organizations looking out for students from marginalized groups, those students who have been least well served by the traditional education system, are included and respected in developing the vision and the strategy for the transformation to student-centered learning. <\/span><\/p>\n What are the essential elements of a system capable of preparing all students to succeed in higher education, flourish in a 21st century workplace and participate effectively as citizens?<\/span><\/p>\n Equity must be at the forefront of the future system. We must ensure no student falls through the cracks because of circumstance or background. The goal is to help every student to become a lifelong learner possessing all necessary academic knowledge and skills, habits of success, critical thinking, communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills, as well as social-emotional and self-regulatory skills, empowering and supporting them to thrive and succeed.<\/span><\/p>\n In the future state of K-12 education, we envision a system that:<\/span><\/p>\n This is the vision for the future state of education, designed for equity, capable of preparing every student for success. <\/span><\/p>\n How can policymakers support a vision of transformation to personalized, competency-based education to help all students to succeed? What are the policy issues to tackle to make this vision a reality? <\/span><\/p>\n In <\/span>Fit for Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education<\/span><\/a><\/em>, we highlighted five issues to tackle as part of a long-range strategy for transformation to personalized, competency-based learning systems:<\/span><\/p>\n In December, iNACOL will publish a new report titled, <\/span>Current to Future State: A Compendium of Issues and Action Steps for State Policy to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning<\/span><\/i>. The report will explore each issue to tackle and identify the action steps policymakers can take to address the issue. Together, these action steps constitute a roadmap for state policymakers to catalyze transformational change in K-12 education towards a future state where each student has the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in higher education, the workplace and civic life.<\/span><\/p>\n This is the second article in the <\/span>Current to Future State<\/span><\/i> series. The following blog posts will highlight each of these issues to tackle and action steps needed to make a reality the vision of a future education system, capable of preparing every student for success. A deeper analysis of the issues will then be released in the upcoming report: <\/span>Current to Future State: A Compendium of Issues and Action Steps for State Policy to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n In our last blog post, we introduced the threshold concepts we need to understand to embrace a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"issue":[385,377,389,368,392],"location":[],"class_list":["post-1349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-redefine-student-success","issue-state-policy","issue-create-meaningful-qualifications","issue-issues-in-practice","issue-develop-educator-capacity"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
Towards a Shared Vision for Transformation<\/h3>\n
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A Vision for an Education System that Helps All Students Succeed<\/h3>\n
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Issues to Tackle<\/h3>\n
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Learn more:<\/span><\/h5>\n
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