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Why Schools Need to Change

Using Community Ideas to Shape the Vision for a Career Superhighway

Vista Unified is using the design thinking process with community representatives to re-envision career development in the region.
Reimagining Assessment

Culturally Relevant Performance Assessments: Lessons From Hawaiian-Focused Charter Schools

Hawaiian-focused Charter School students complete culturally relevant capstone projects at key moments in their education journey to demonstrate their learning.
Designing for Equity

Transforming Schools through Whole-Child, Hands-On, Community-Based Education

This Baltimore school transformed itself with hands-on, culturally relevant learning; true community and family engagement; and lots of fun.
New Designs for School

School Safety Is a $2.7 Billion Market. How Do Schools Know if They're Spending Effectively?

In addition to lives saved and perpetrators caught, what do we know about how school safety technology and drills influence student learning?
Reimagining Assessment

Making Learning Public: Two Practices for Engaging and Empowering All Students

With community showcases of learning and personalized sharing in student-led conferences, Two Rivers students are deeply engaged, leading their own education.
Enabling Change

Learning without Boundaries at Kettle Moraine School District

Putting students and educators at the center of their learning is at the heart of this Wisconsin school district's 15-year transformation journey.
Professional Learning

Globalizing Dual-Credit Courses: The University of Pittsburgh Summer Institute for Pennsylvania Teachers

HS teachers develop dual-credit courses with the Univ. of Pittsburgh, emphasizing global awareness and critical thinking, critical postsecondary success skills.
Enabling Change

Advancing Public Education Together: Parent Leadership, Powerful Messaging, and the Strength of the Community

Community support for St. Vrain Valley Schools is accelerating innovation and student achievement. Here's how the district engaged its community.
Designing for Equity

A Tale of Two (English Language) Learner-Centered Schools

Two schools use next gen learning design principles to enhance the learning experience of English Language Learners and all their students.
Why Schools Need to Change

How Schools Will Win the Education Revolution

In his new book THRIVE, author Grant Lichtman offers 3 pathways for schools to make themselves irresistible, enabling them to embrace change and growth.