When 13 educators from Kamehameha Schools Hawai’i visited Kettle Moraine School District in southeastern Wisconsin, it was 42 degrees and 31 degrees with the wind…
While we want to nourish content knowledge in schools, we also want to provide deeper learning experiences that require learners to use their knowledge in…
Through a few years of working with policymakers and school districts to think through transformation to an education system that support personalized learning, three big…
At KnowledgeWorks, we are big believers in the power of stories. Stories help us entertain, teach, share information and build community. Stories can be cautionary,…
While personalized learning can exist at the classroom-level, competency-based education is a systemic approach to ensuring personalization across a state or district. Through research with…
What do we mean when we say personalized, competency-based learning? It’s a big concept, but there’s an even bigger payoff for everyone involved – students,…
When considering whole child approaches to education, the tendency is to focus on the services a district provides to address a broad spectrum of student,…
When students are not healthy, either physically or mentally, their ability to learn is severely compromised. Poor health negatively impacts attendance, which is central to…
What students and communities need from their schools is not static from year to year. Although some educational imperatives remain consistent—such as the importance of…
