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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.
Topics: 101, Assessment and Accountability, Building Capacity, Education Equity, Systems Change
Re-envisioning Education to Be Human-Centered
Podcast explores a human-centered vision for education.
Nevada Centers Equity in Leading Education System Design
Nevada creates Blue Ribbon Commission to help re-imagine an education system that is future-ready, resilient, equitable and student-centered.
Topics: Education Equity, Education Policy, Overcoming Challenges, Systems Change
Advocating for Personalized, Competency-Based Education: Social Media
As part of our advocacy toolkit, learn strategies for using social media in advocating for personalized, competency-based learning.
KnowledgeWorks President and CEO Dr. Charles Ambrose Steps Down
After nearly three years of leading KnowledgeWorks President and CEO Dr. Charles Ambrose announced his resignation.
Grappling with Today’s Education Tensions
Complication and opportunity were keywords in conversation with KnowledgeWorks staff while discussing tensions affecting education's futures.
Connecting on a Human Level Starts with a Smile
Helping students feel valued and like they belong can start with an act as small as a smile.
Shaping Postsecondary Education’s Futures
Explore trends shifting the postsecondary landscape, look at COVID-19’s impacts and see future possibilities for postsecondary education.
Topics: Future of Learning
Personalized Learning and Priority Standards in a Middle School Math Classroom
Rhonda Rose is using priority standards and learning pathways to ensure each of her students gets what they need to...
Topics: Assessment and Accountability
Advocating for Personalized, Competency-Based Education: Calling a Policymaker
As part of our advocacy toolkit, learn the strategy for calling your policymakers in advocating for personalized, competency-based learning.
Topics: Education Policy
We Need Human-Centered Learning Systems
Katherine Prince introduces Envisioning Human-Centered Learning Systems - how it came about, why it's needed and what's in it.
Getting It Right: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace
How we engage with diversity, equity and inclusion ensure that these concepts are more than just buzzwords – they’re part...
Topics: Vision and Culture
Students at the Center of Learning: A Video Discussion About Human-Centered Learning
How do we make a human-centered learning system a reality? We introduce the vision and strategies in a webinar.
Education in the Balance: Tensions Affecting Education’s Futures
Exposing issues as COVID-19 continues to unfold and the longstanding movement toward racial justice continues to gain traction
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...
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
Futures Thinking for Education Programs
Even as we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, we are also living through an era shift. What forces are shaping learning,...
Topics: Future of Learning
Envisioning Human-Centered Learning Systems
Could the future of learning be human-centered? What could that mean for teaching and learning?
Smart Technologies in the Era of COVID-19
Engineering education researcher Kate Goodman shares her thoughts on foundational and emerging issues related to smart technologies in education in...
Topics: Future of Learning
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.
Topics: Education Policy
Cast Your Votes! KnowledgeWorks Submissions to SXSWedu 2021
Voting to select SXSWedu 2021 conference sessions begins now and the process only takes a few moments.
Caregiving and the Future
Take a look at the opportunities, challenges and potential outcomes that resulted from scenarios of a recent play of the...
Presidential Memo: How The Next President Can Reshape K-12 Education
Recommendations to help our nation’s leaders ensure our education system rebounds stronger than ever.
Topics: Education Policy
Shifting My Mental Model: Systems Thinking in Action
Creating systems diagrams involves learning and reflection. See how mental models can change when taking systemic racism into account.
Topics: Systems Change