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Recommendations for Advancing Personalized Learning Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Recommendations for Advancing Personalized Learning Under the Every Student Succeeds Act will help states identify and explore these opportunities as...
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Top 10 Ways ESSA Opens the Door for Personalized Learning
The Every Student Succeeds Act is full of opportunities to make personalized learning a reality for every student in the...
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Early College and Quality Education for ALL Students #EducationIsACivilRight
Educators from across the US are gathered for the KnowledgeWorks Experience Conference, "Education is a Civil Right - Early College...
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You don’t want to miss these SXSWedu sessions
Interested in personalized learning, ESSA or competency education? In our unbiased opinion, these will be the best two SXSWedu sessions...
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I’m a Social Innovation Portfolio Director. What’s Your Role in #FutureED?
What role could you play in #FutureEd? Katie King took our career quiz and found out she would be a...
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New Opportunities to Advance Personalized Learning in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
This side-by-side tool compares key provisions in the previous K-12 education law (No Child Left Behind) to new provisions in...
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Case Study: Akron Early College High School
Read a case study about Timken Early College High School to learn how this school shows how an early college...
Published: February 23, 2016
Topics: Early College High School, Education Policy, ESSA, Higher Education, Overcoming Challenges, Systems Change
Topics: Early College High School, Education Policy, ESSA, Higher Education, Overcoming Challenges, Systems Change
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Great things are happening in Marion City! #SMARTMarion
In Marion, Ohio, there is a new mission shaping up to make sure that every student graduate leaves high school...
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Want real change? Visionary leadership isn’t enough.
A presidential candidate or a district leader can’t single-handedly solve the problems our current education system is facing.
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Campaigning 101: How Obama’s Education Agenda Will Impact Future Presidencies
After the State of the Union, we reflect on how education policy during President Obama's past two terms in office...
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May the Forcecast Be With You
Rather than looking back to a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the forecast looks forward to...
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Taking Time to Celebrate Before Rolling Up Our Collective Sleeves to Get to Work
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) bill takes a large step forward to allow states and districts to develop...
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Mastery Learning: Saying goodbye to traditional grading
Guest blogger Jodi Robertson, a humanities teacher at Marysville Early College High School, talks about the transition to assessments that...
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Mastery Learning: Shifting to learner-centered teaching!
Jodi Robertson, the founding humanities teacher at Marysville Early College High School, discusses her transition to mastery teaching and learning.
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Talking Competency Education and Personalized Learning on EduTalk Radio
Competency based education is the equity lever that ensures that all of our children are receiving the skills that prepare...
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Looking Back at the Future: Part Three
Jason Swanson explores KnowledgeWorks' first-ever future forecast from 2006, considering what has changed in the past 10 years.
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Looking Back at the Future: Part Two
Jason Swanson explores KnowledgeWorks' first-ever future forecast from 2006, considering what has changed in the past 10 years.
Published: November 3, 2015
Topics: Early College High School, Education Policy, ESSA, Future of Learning
Topics: Early College High School, Education Policy, ESSA, Future of Learning
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An Interview with Becca Nachtrab About The Future of Learning
Jason Swanson interviews University of Cincinnati student Becca Nachtrab about her thoughts on the future of learning.
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Oh Snap.
Preparing our students for the future also means allowing them to be innovative and help shape the way technology better...
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Lorain County Early College High School Preparing Students for College and Career: Checking in With a Graduate
Tre'Ana Payton, a 2010 graduate of Lorain County Early College High School checked in to give us an update on...
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I Was Lucky
Education results and workforce needs are out of sync. And this challenge is common in rural communities across the country.
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Supporting Educational Transformation Through Supportive State Policy
Some of the most innovative schools and districts are making the shift to a environments where instruction is aligned to...
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Early College Can Very Literally Change Lives
The first class of Early College High School students at Woodlawn High School in Birmingham is being inducted in a...
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Getting Ready for the Real World
Internship have the ability to provide students with skills, experience and advice that might help them on their career pathways.