School Resilience and Educator Efficacy: The Power of Flexible Learning Environments
Schools around the world are realizing that their flexible learning environments are improving conditions for educators' well-being, helping build stronger teams, improving culture, and benefiting students as a result. Mike Posthumus explores more in their latest post.
Real World Experience with NAF Advisory Boards
NAF supports high school students' ambitions by providing fair possibilities for a prosperous future and contributing to a creative, highly skilled, diverse workforce.
Designing at the Margins
At 4.0, designing at the margins means engaging founders in how identity intersects with equity and centering the unique needs of the community they wish to serve.
Advice From More than A Decade of Career Pathway Innovation
St. Vrain Valley Schools has innovated in the career pathways space for years and shares some of their lessons learned.
The Content Every High School Student Should Learn (But Doesn’t)
In many high schools, the traditional course sequence and graduation requirements remain stagnant. For future-ready students, we need to update these content areas..
Career-Connected Learning: Preparing Students for a Dynamic Future
A recent gathering from Da Vinci Schools and Transcend highlight the many elements of high quality career-connected learning.
Learning at the Concourse: Crosstown High
In the heart of midtown Memphis is Crosstown Concourse, home of Crosstown High. Rebecca Midles and Erik Day share what they experienced on a recent visit.
Designing Competency-Based Models for Students by Students
The Growth Framework from One Stone is a great way to ensure quality no matter what your school's growth plan is.
CBE: Getting Started with Learner-Centered Practices with an Equity Lens
Rebecca Midles and Deion Jordan highlight the 2021 Aurora Institute Symposium Breakout Session on “Competency-Based Education: Getting Started with Learner-Centered Practice and an Equity Lens” where over 100 edu leaders joined in to ensure equitable access to high-quality learning for all.
Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke: In Working, One Learns
Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke is a youth-focused vocational training, educational, and community-based nonprofit in Hāna, Maui. Through core programs and initiatives, Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke empowers and nurtures students and graduates to become caretakers and leaders of their communities.