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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.
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...
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.
Leading for and through Change
Three CCSSO leaders share strategies from their states in support of personalized, competency-based learning. And none are alike.
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.
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.
Topics: Building Capacity
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
Finding Your Path: A Navigation Tool for Scaling Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
Scale personalized, competency-based learning with Finding Your Path: A Navigation Toolkit.
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.
Topics: Building Capacity
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.
Topics: 101, Assessment and Accountability, Building Capacity, Education Equity, Systems Change
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...
Topics: Building Capacity, Education Equity, Future of Learning, Social Emotional Learning
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.
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...
Topics: Building Capacity
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
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.
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.
Topics: Building Capacity
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
The Stories You Loved from 2019
Here are your favorites stories from 2019.
Topics: Assessment and Accountability, Building Capacity, Overcoming Challenges, Social Emotional 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
Personalized Learning Helps Teachers and Students Realize Their Potential
In Johnston, South Carolina, personalized learning is helping to ensure that students graduate ready.
Topics: Building Capacity
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...
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...
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...
Personal Learner Profiles Build Student Agency, Teacher Capacity
Learner profiles are a powerful tool for teachers to understand their students.