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What We Measure Matters
Student data is about more than just achievement. We need to capture evidence of meaningful, relevant learning experiences, too.
More Than a Word
How we’re changing the way we work to center the needs, interests and passions of each student.
Topics: Education Equity, Impact and Improvement, Systems Change, Vision and Culture
Students Want Meaningful, Personalized Learning – and Pennsylvania Educators Do, Too
How listening to students – and acting on what they hear – is shaping teaching and learning in Pennsylvania
Students Sparking Change
A student-led initiative to remove an Indigenous mascot highlights one district’s journey to becoming more student-centered.
Ungrading: Focusing on Feedback and Learner Agency
Traditional grading systems don’t take into account what students need to be lifelong learners – and to thrive in a...
Topics: Assessment and Accountability
Developing a Learner’s Mindset in Third Grade
How a mindset shift is helping students build problem-solving and risk-taking skills – even in the middle of a pandemic
Topics: Vision and Culture
Where Human-Centered Learning and Personalized Learning Intersect
Human-centered learning requires that we consider the individual – their needs, interests and lived experiences – when designing for education.
Authentic Relationships Wanted: A Human-Centered Approach to Systems Change
Dr. Shelley Zion, Faculty Director of the PEER Lab, share her insights for how to engage in meaningful community engagement.
How Prioritizing Standards Prioritizes What Students Already Know – and What They Need to Learn Next
How a fresh approach to standards in one district is supporting students to reach mastery no matter where they begin...
Resilience and Maturity: One Graduate Navigates Life with Skills Learned
One graduate reflects on the skills learned during her internship and outlined in district’s Portrait of a Graduate. Big takeaway?...
Topics: Higher Education
Two Years Closer to Scaling Personalized, Competency-Based Learning in North Dakota
Two years in, these four districts share milestones reached in pioneering personalized, competency-based learning – and the distance learning challenges...
Topics: Overcoming Challenges
The Future of Learning and COVID-19
Individuals from more than 20 countries joined us for a recent informal webinar exploring future tensions and uncertainties arising from...
Topics: Future of Learning
5 Ways Instructional Coaches Help Scale Personalize Learning
Having a support system makes implementing personalized learning easier. We compiled five ways instructional coaches help scale personalized learning.
Topics: Building Capacity
The Future is Everybody’s Business
KnowledgeWorks explores how imagining future possibilities empowers educators and students to create the future they want.
Topics: Future of Learning
Making Personalized Learning Possible with Peer-to-Peer Capacity Building
Jillian Kuhlmann examines educators' benefits from peer-to-peer learning and KnowledgeWorks' role as the catalyst for peer-to-peer support.
Topics: Building Capacity
Analysis and Reflections on Student Outcome Data in RSU2
KnowledgeWorks sponsored RAND Education and Labor to conduct analyses of RSU2 student outcomes over the past decade.
Home Visits Flip the Script on Parent Engagement
Learn how one North Dakota teacher started building relationships with her students with home visits before the start of the...
Topics: Community Partnerships
How Aligning Student of the Month Criteria to Your Portrait of a Graduate Increases Transparency
Educators at this North Dakota district wanted students and teachers alike to connect with their hopes for each graduate in...
Topics: Systems Change
From Dropping Out to Graduating: The Power of Seeing Students for Who They Are
Helping students learn to advocate for themselves is a critical part of teaching and learning.
The Role of Teacher Preparation Programs in Personalized Learning
When teacher preparation programs make connecting with their K-12 partners around personalized learning a priority, new teachers “hit the ground...
Topics: Building Capacity
Choice-Ready in North Dakota: State Launches Five-Year Initiative to Support Districts in Scaling Personalized Learning
Five North Dakota learning communities are working together to ensure their graduates are choice-ready.
Topics: Systems Change
Michigan District Leaders Get Personal – About Personalized Learning
Equipping district and building leaders with what they need to support their teachers in personalizing learning is at the heart...
How a Student-Led Effort in Elementary School is Elevating the Importance of Kindness
Topics: Social Emotional Learning
Educators and Students Getting Creative with How They Capture Learning in North Dakota
Technology supports this North Dakota district’s commitment to learner agency and a guaranteed and viable curriculum.