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Personalized Learning as a Strategy to Support Students During COVID-19: Mapping Education and Policy Trends by the Numbers

Based off proposals to U.S. Department of Education, states continue to look to personalized, competency-based learning practices for more flexibility.

Published: November 12, 2020
Topics: Education Policy
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Using Personalized, Competency-Based Learning to Address System Disruptions

How can schools improve the high school to post-secondary transition during a pandemic? ECS released six briefs to help conceptualize.

Published: August 14, 2020
Topics: Education Policy
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Behind the Scenes: Developing the State Policy Framework for Personalized Learning

See the 3 key decisions that helped shape The State Policy Framework for Personalized Learning.

Published: October 16, 2019
Topics: Education Policy
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Core Commitments for Quality Transformation to Personalized Learning

Read about four core commitments that state leaders should be mindful of for quality transformation to personalized learning.

Published: July 9, 2019
Topics: Education Equity, Education Policy
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New Resource on How States Are Using Federal Policy to Enable Students to Earn College Credits in High School

In "ESSA: State-by-State Analysis," the College in High School Alliance examines how each state has approached college in high school...

Published: October 1, 2018
Topics: Early College High School, Education Equity, Education Policy
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Supporting All Students: ESSA Plan Examples

Over the course of this blogging series, KnowledgeWorks’ policy team has discussed the prominent trends and leading states in maximizing...

Published: September 13, 2017
Topics: Education Policy, ESSA
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How States Are Using Personalized Learning To Support All Students In Their ESSA Plans

Enthusiasm around the passage of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) focused on a new opportunity to create education plans tailored...

Published: September 6, 2017
Topics: Education Policy, ESSA
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Looking Beyond High School Graduation Rates to Understand College and Career Readiness

The nation’s education community must look at data beyond high school graduation rates to understand the full picture of college...

Published: December 15, 2016
Topics: Education Policy
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Why do teachers implement personalized learning?

Why do teachers implement personalized learning? Here are just a few of the reasons they they gave us.

Published: September 21, 2016
Topics: Education Policy
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Leading the Charge for Personalized Learning: Nine Teachers to Watch

We interviewed teachers across the nation about personalized learning. From all of our interviews, here are nine teachers we think...

Published: September 13, 2016
Topics: Education Policy
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The Shifting Paradigm of Teaching

In KnowledgeWorks' newest publication, teachers share their perspectives and experiences on personalized learning in the classroom.

Published: July 11, 2016
Topics: Education Policy, ESSA
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The Shifting Paradigm of Teaching: Personalized Learning According to Teachers

The Shifting Paradigm of Teaching: Personalized Learning According to Teachers explores what drives educators to build personalized learning environments in...

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Trusting a flawed system

If takes a lot more effort to look at evidence of untrustworthiness and act on that effort than it takes...

Published: May 10, 2016
Topics: Education Policy, ESSA
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A Winter Break Reading List for Every Mood

Sarah Jenkins shares a winter break reading list with a broad, social policy approach that includes options for the whole...

Published: December 22, 2015
Topics: Education Policy
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Policy Research from the Ground Up

We hit major bumps in education policy when we think that our echo chamber alone will create the transformation needed...

Published: September 10, 2015
Topics: Education Policy
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Why I’m Scared of the Future of Education

Is our system of education – and the politics surrounding it – innovating quickly enough to keep up with the...

Published: June 30, 2015
Topics: Education Policy, Future of Learning
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Personalized Learning: From Occasional Success Story to System-Level Reality

we are creating tools for states and districts interested in fundamentally transforming learning and moving towards student-centered systems.

Published: May 1, 2015
Topics: Education Policy
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Rebuilding Education’s Future to Serve Students Rather Than Politics

In recent Twitter chats, so many individuals recognized that a more equitable system is needed, but similar to the JFF...

Published: March 2, 2015
Topics: Education Policy, Future of Learning
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Stepping Into the Complex World of Education Data Systems

States like Virginia and New Hampshire understand that it is not really possible to actualize school improvement when data is...

Published: January 22, 2015
Topics: Education Policy, ESSA
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Reading List: Cold Weather Edition

Now that the weather has finally decided to turn itself towards winter, reading lists are a must.

Published: November 12, 2014
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District Conditions for Scale: A Practical Guide to Scaling Personalized Learning©

What are the conditions that a K-12 school district should put in place to support the scaling of personalized learning?

Published: November 6, 2014
Topics: Education Policy
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When Success and Failure Look the Same

You don’t have to spend too much time in education to run into two often-frustrating facts: Too many children are...

Published: September 25, 2014
Topics: Education Policy