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Designing for Equity

Addressing Equity Issues in Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

Core to competency education is the dedication and commitment to serve all students, regardless of their different abilities, learning challenges, and family lives.
Designing for Equity

How Competency Education Drives Equity

Some believe variation in pacing will mean some students get left behind. But in time-based environments, gaps already exist & only grow over time.
Designing for Equity

How Misconceptions About Competency Education Could Undermine Equity

​Miscommunication about pacing, standards & grading can lead to poor implementation, lower achievement & inequitable practices in competency-based education.​
Technology Tools

5 Technologies Impacting the Future of Learning Assessment

Feedback is incredibly important in student learning and motivation. Here are five current and emerging technologies that are enabling more frequent, low-stakes feedback.
New Designs for School

East Bay Innovation Academy

STEAM-based school with an emphasis on the social-emotional skills needed to be leaders

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Reimagining Assessment

Does a Degree Ever Expire? Examining the Extended Transcript

Can a student’s learning experience be accurately summarized in a list of courses and grades? Leaders at some institutions believe the traditional transcript is ready for a big makeover.
Designing for Equity

Why Aren’t We Talking about Culturally Responsive Education in Next Gen Learning?

If next gen learning was truly a force for educational equity, we’d raise the priority of cultural responsiveness. Here’s why.
Professional Learning

The Benefits of Learning Assessment in Faculty Development

Often we aren't tapping the power of learning assessment to maximize the impact of faculty development. Here are ten possible approaches to change that.
Professional Learning

Resources to Reimagine Professional Learning

If students are to experience next gen learning, the adults enabling that form of learning must absolutely be living it themselves.
Designing for Equity

Leading and Designing for Equity in Oakland

Some bright and colorful blooms are emerging in the Oakland educational ecosystem through an intentional focus on equity.