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What Happens When Districts Learn from Each Other

Every system, like every learner, is an individual. And they can learn a lot from each other.

Published: December 7, 2022
Topics: Building Capacity, Community Partnerships
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Out of the Box

Out of the Box provides an action plan for rethinking teaching and learning in a way that better prepares today’s...

Published: October 18, 2022
Topics: Building Capacity, Education Policy, Systems Change
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KnowledgeWorks Announces 2022-23 “Leading Change” Community Fellows

KnowledgeWorks has named seven Leading Change Community Fellows for its 2022-23 cohort. Find out who they are.

Published: October 5, 2022
Topics: Building Capacity, Community Partnerships
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Leading for and through Change

Three CCSSO leaders share strategies from their states in support of personalized, competency-based learning. And none are alike.

Published: March 11, 2022
Topics: Building Capacity, Education Policy
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Personalizing Professional Development: On the Path to a Collaborative Culture

Changing what professional development looks and feels like to support personalized, competency-based learning at scale.

Published: January 11, 2022
Topics: Building Capacity, Impact and Improvement
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Shared Decision-Making and Ownership of Learning: An Overview of Agency in Four North Dakota Districts

Survey data shows that agency is an area for growth, and these four districts are already on it.

Published: October 21, 2021
Topics: Building Capacity
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Introducing the 2021-2022 Leading Change Community Fellows

Passing the torch to a new group of educators who will set the direction for the Leading Change PLC

Published: October 20, 2021
Topics: Building Capacity, Community Partnerships
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Finding Your Path: A Navigation Tool for Scaling Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

Scale personalized, competency-based learning with Finding Your Path: A Navigation Toolkit.

Published: August 9, 2021
Topics: Building Capacity, Systems Change
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We Are the Leaders We Are Looking For

The Leading Change PLC offers educators opportunities to share strategies for advancing change as they work to build sustainable systems.

Published: April 6, 2021
Topics: Building Capacity
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Educator Development is Worth Paying Attention To: New Resource and Customizable Toolkit to Help

Doing things differently in education is no longer optional, and this new resource can help school leaders and teachers.

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The Stories You Loved in 2020

What did you love this year? What did you find inspiring? What did you find helpful? We've compiled our top...

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Scaling Student-Centered Practices in New Hampshire

See how one state is scaling student-centered learning with Work-Study Practices in some resources at Student Centered Learning Research Collaborative.

Published: August 31, 2020
Topics: Building Capacity, Impact and Improvement
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Introducing Our Personalized Learning Community Fellows

Thirteen educators from 10 states will come together this month to kick off our new Personalized Learning Community fellowship. Here...

Published: March 9, 2020
Topics: Building Capacity
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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.

Published: March 6, 2020
Topics: Building Capacity
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South Carolina Sees That “It Takes a Village”

KnowledgeWorks Board Member Eileen Rudden reveals what she learned on her visit to WestView Elementary in SC.

Published: February 26, 2020
Topics: Building Capacity, Systems Change
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New KnowledgeWorks Fellowship Opportunity

Apply for the Personalized Learning Community Fellowship to co-design a peer-to-peer learning community to scale personalized, competency-based learning.

Published: January 31, 2020
Topics: Building Capacity
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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.

Published: January 28, 2020
Topics: Building Capacity
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The Stories You Loved from 2019

Here are your favorites stories from 2019.

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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...

Published: September 27, 2019
Topics: Building Capacity
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Personalized Learning Helps Teachers and Students Realize Their Potential

In Johnston, South Carolina, personalized learning is helping to ensure that students graduate ready.

Published: July 4, 2019
Topics: Building Capacity
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We’s Make Better Me’s: Moving from Teacher-Centered to Student-Centered Teaching and Learning

You can’t be student-centered when acting in isolation; instead, we must work at becoming student-centered as a system. We is...

Published: June 18, 2019
Topics: Building Capacity, Vision and Culture
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Teaching and Learning Needs Strong Teamwork

To build a system of personalized, competency-based learning requires a shared vision, values and common frameworks. And it starts with...

Published: June 14, 2019
Topics: Building Capacity, Vision and Culture
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Personalized Professional Development for Teachers an Integral Part of Personalizing Learning in Lexington, South Carolina

At White Knoll High School in South Carolina, professional development for teachers is personalized, which is helping them personalize learning...

Published: June 4, 2019
Topics: 101, Building Capacity
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Personal Learner Profiles Build Student Agency, Teacher Capacity

Learner profiles are a powerful tool for teachers to understand their students.

Published: May 14, 2019
Topics: 101, Building Capacity