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How One Teacher Gives Students Voice and Choice in a Math Classroom
Giving students voice and choice is just one part of personalized learning, but it lays the groundwork for bigger life...
Topics: Early College High School
Teacher Collaboration in a Competency-Based Learning Environment
Teacher collaboration is not new. Teachers have long partnered within disciplines or collaborated in interdisciplinary teaching efforts. In a competency-based...
Topics: Early College High School
Getting Ohio Students on the Fast Track to College: Early College High School Versus College Credit Plus
There are multiple pathways through which Ohio high school students can get college experience, but not all are created equal....
Six Ways to Maximize Your School Partnerships
Strong learning communities are made up of more than just a school, its staff and students. Rather, they pull from...
The Role of a College Liaison to an Early College
Secondary and post-secondary education often operate in very distinct silos that don’t interact. It’s the job of people like Dennis...
Strong Early College Champions
Behind every great school is a community of people championing the work. Sometimes those relationships form organically and sometimes you...
Topics: Early College High School
Discussing the Imagine FutureEd™ Student Design Competition on EduTalk
When we think about the future of learning, are we including student voice? The Imagine FutureEd™ Student Design Competition elevates...
Topics: Future of Learning
Experience Conference, Day One: How Are You Making Dreams Come True?
The third annual KnowledgeWorks Experience Conference, attended by educators from across the country, kicked off today in Orlando, Florida.
Topics: Early College High School
A Weekly Discussion of Personalized Learning
The weekly podcast Personalized Learning with Matt and Courtney focuses on personalized learning in plain, jargon-free language.
Woodlawn High School Graduate to Be an Ambassador for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Jarrell Jordan, a 2015 graduate of Woodlawn High School is joining 72 other people from across the United States to...
2016: A Year in Review
Looking at the most popular KnowledgeWorks 2016 blog posts, common themes include personalized learning, the future of learning and honoring...
Planning for the Future of Teaching and Learning
The way we learn is changing. Where we learn is expanding. When we learn is becoming more customized. In order...
Topics: Future of Learning
Empowering student learning in Kenowa Hills, Michigan
Kenowa Hills Public Schools are ensuring their students are prepared for the future with a new initiative focused on competency-based...
The Power of Partnerships: Four examples of school districts successfully partnering with local community organizations and businesses
Read four examples of school districts successfully partnering with local community organizations & businesses to the benefit of both students...
Topics: Community Partnerships
The Future is Brighter for Students in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati, voters passed Issue 44, which will expand access to two years of quality preschool throughout Cincinnati Public Schools.
Topics: Community Partnerships
What’s next for education with the new presidential administration?
Matt Williams and Lillian Pace talked with EduTalk radio about personalized learning and the upcoming presidential transition.
Achieving College Success in High School
In Canton, students of all ages and background are fortunate to have the access and support that make obtaining a...
Five Steps to Reimagine Your Learning System
Virgel Hammonds, Chief Learning Officer for KnowledgeWorks, shares five step to reimagine your education system and move towards competency-based education.
Topics: Community Partnerships
I received my invitation to college as an infant. Too many people never receive one at all.
In England, every student, regardless of circumstance, is receiving an invitation to college. Sometimes just being asked makes all the...
Topics: Higher Education
History is not a term relegated for moments of the past
When I think of history, I think of studying what’s happened long ago. Of learning about everything that led up...
Bringing New Opportunities to Students
Early college high schools open up opportunities for first-generation and low income students to attend college, putting them on the...
Topics: Early College High School
Helping Students Get College-Ready with Early College High School
A lot of what determines success in college isn't taught in a book, but is in KnowledgeWorks early college high...
Topics: Early College High School
To Teachers Everywhere: Thank you! #thankateacher
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week and KnowledgeWorks staff will be sharing thanks to teachers all week on Twitter using...
The College-Going Population in Birmingham, Alabama, About to Grow by Sixty High School Students
The class of 2020 for Woodlawn Early College received their acceptance letters last week, starting a future where college is...