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Enabling Change

Competency-Based Education Gains Momentum

CBE is serving students of all ages, grades and skill levels; this post explores existing collaborations or points of intersection between schools and academia.
New Designs for School

Diving into Project-Based Learning

Ways to apply project-based learning in your classroom to help make learning deeper, more authentic, relevant, and personal.
Professional Learning

5 Next Gen Professional Learning Practices Used by Schools Today

We asked leading educators to tell us how schools and districts can best enable their teachers to work successfully in personalized, next gen learning environments.
Professional Learning

The Role of Technology in Next Gen Professional Learning

A look at what role technology plays in supporting, enabling, or transforming professional learning for teachers.
New Designs for School

Solving Problems with Design Thinking

Design thinking can be used with students and educators as a launching pad for asking good questions, getting to the root of problems, and building creative solutions.
New Designs for School

Some of These Things are Not Like the Others: CBE in Higher Ed and K12

A look at the differences in purpose, driving forces, targeted population, and organizational scale between competency-based education in K12 and higher ed.
Why Schools Need to Change

What Does “College Ready” Mean?

From a perspective of true college readiness, what does it look like for a student to be well-prepared for success in higher education?
New Designs for School

Developing Mindsets for Next Gen Learning

Friday Focus Practitioner’s Guide to Personalized Learning - How mindset contributes to success in learning and beyond. Part 1 of 2.
Why Schools Need to Change

K-12 Schools Are Developing Mindsets for Next Gen Learning

​Friday Focus Practitioner’s Guide to Personalized Learning - how mindset contributes to success in learning and beyond. Part 2 of 2.​
Building Community

Lead Like an Education Punk Rocker

More than a music genre, punk rock was a social movement with some important lessons for education leaders working to create real, lasting change in schools.