States Leading Innovation in Education In Multiple Ways, On Multiple Fronts
ESSA provides just one piece to the education innovation puzzle. State policy plays a significant role in advancing innovative practices.
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ESSA provides just one piece to the education innovation puzzle. State policy plays a significant role in advancing innovative practices.
After many long months of reading ESSA state plans and sharing our personalized learning finds, the KnowledgeWorks policy team decided to bring a little levity to our project. With the recent Emmy’s on our mind, we thought it would be entertaining to create our very own Editor’s Choice Awards to highlight our favorite policy finds … Continued
The purpose uniting Northern Cass School District #97: “We believe every child can change the world; therefore, we will provide a world class education.”
A profile of a graduate helps the community, district, school, teacher get to the root of the why behind shifting to a new approach to teaching & learning.
Guest post by Mary Tighe Legislators in North Dakota, Utah, Illinois and Idaho are making moves. Each state has used policy to intentionally create flexibility for districts. Through pilot programs, grant programs and awareness campaigns, districts now have opportunities to create innovative learning environments, including competency-based and mastery education. As Anne Olson writes for edCircuit, … Continued
KnowledgeWorks has a new 4-question self-assessment to quickly evaluate your district’s readiness to scale personalized learning and help you get started.
Guest post by Mary Tighe Just because election season is behind us doesn’t mean that there aren’t ways for you to be engaged and involved in local and national politics. Whether helping an individual student, getting involved with your local district or contacting your federal lawmakers, you can make a difference for education in your … Continued
Kentucky education bill HB103 introduces charter schools, removes the Districts of Innovation Program and limits opportunities for statewide transformation.
A regular review of instructional strategies can serve as a gut-check and highlight areas of excellence and opportunities to grow.
As part of our advocacy toolkit, learn strategies for using social media in advocating for personalized, competency-based learning.
Guest post by Tyler Barnett With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015, the federal government peeled back many of the most prescriptive provisions of its previous education laws in exchange for greater state-level flexibility. The new law encourages states to capitalize on this flexibility by developing innovative strategies to improve … Continued