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Podcast

Career & Technical Ed

Town Hall Recap: Health Science Pathways

Getting Smart Staff
May 30, 2024
Future of Learning

Dr. Shari Camhi on Purpose, Media Literacy and a Decade of District Leadership

Getting Smart Staff
May 29, 2024
Future of Learning

Juan Jose Gonzalez and Gina Schuyler on Community College Networks and Radical Dual Credit

Getting Smart Staff
May 22, 2024
Ed Policy

Lona Running Wolf on Education Reform and Cultural Preservation

Getting Smart Staff
May 17, 2024
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Publications

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New Pathways Handbook: Getting Started with Pathways

Unfulfilled Promise: The Forty-Year Shift from Print to Digital and Why It Failed to Transform Learning

The Portrait Model: Building Coherence in School and System Redesign

Green Pathways: New Jobs Mean New Skills and New Pathways

Support & Guidance For All New Pathways Journeys

Unbundled: Designing Personalized Pathways for Every Learner

Credentialed Learning for All

AI in Education

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Series

Microschools

New learning models, tools, and strategies have made it easier to open small, nimble schooling models.

Green Schools

The climate crisis is the most complex challenge mankind has ever faced. We’re covering what edleaders and educators can do about it. 

Difference Making

Focusing on how making a difference has emerged as one of the most powerful learning experiences.

New Pathways

This campaign will serve as a road map to the new architecture for American schools. Pathways to citizenship, employment, economic mobility, and a purpose-driven life.

Ed3

Web3 has the potential to rebuild the internet towards more equitable access and ownership of information, meaning dramatic improvements for learners.

Schools Worth Visiting

We share stories that highlight best practices, lessons learned and next-gen teaching practice.

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Blogs

New Pathways

Microschools Changing the Phoenix Education Landscape

MTC + ETS Skills Transcript
New Pathways

Skills Transcripts at Scale: Why The ETS & MTC Partnership is a Big Deal

Career & Technical Ed

How to Start Investing in New Pathways

Photo from School Visits
Learning Design

The State of the American High School in 2024

Learning Design

Small Schools, Big Umbrella: Expanding, Defining and Scaling the Microschool Ecosystem

Career & Technical Ed

Real World Learning in Chicagoland Pathways

Early Learning

Where Seldom is Heard a Discouraging Word: Farm-based Microschools

Leadership

Building Better Schools: The art of leading change in education

Equity & Access

How to Design a School for Belonging

Competency-Based Education

Designing Competency-Based Models for Students by Students

Leadership

The Changing Role of Today’s EdLeader

New Pathways

A Student’s Perspective on Career and Interview Readiness

Daniel and Lorbin - students from Coolidge (DC and an XQ school)
Competency-Based Education

Sneakers, Signals, and Systems: A New Era in Education

Learner-Centered

A Portrait As Activation, Interpretation and North Star

Future of Work

How Can Educators Build Support Systems for Students Eyeing Technician Jobs?

EdTech

Virtual Accessible Training and Skills Development

Competency-Based Education

Design Integrated Learning Pathways to Realize Your Portrait of a Graduate

New Pathways

Career Development Stage Left: RIASEC as Career Exploration

New Pathways

Growing Together Education Connects Learners and Communities to Green Food and Green Skills

New Pathways

The Rise of Millennial-Powered Microschools

High Tech High Mesa
New Pathways

Real World Learning in San Diego High Schools

New Pathways

A Flexible Solution to Workforce Development and Economic Mobility

The Role of Microschool Incubators: Nurturing the Future of Education
New Pathways

The Role of Microschool Incubators: Nurturing the Future of Education

Career & Technical Ed

Career-Connected Learning: Preparing Students for a Dynamic Future

Equity & Access

CHILD: A Microschool Unlocking the Potential for Unique Learners

New Pathways

A Community Micro-Credentials Effort Connects Students to Local Employers

A student works on their pneumatic vs hydraulic efficiency experiment1
New Pathways

Passion Projects and Peer Feedback: A Recipe for Work That Matters

"A blackboard covered in white scribbles" by Cy Twombly
Learner-Centered

Building An Authentic Learning Culture Starts With Imperfection and Vulnerability

Leadership

Transforming Learning, Deciding Where to Start: Practical Steps for Educational Leaders

Learner-Centered

Portland Youth Exercise Power through Participatory Budgeting

Ed Hidalgo speaks at TRETC
EdTech

TRETC 2024: Revolutionizing Technology and Work

Difference Making

Students Are Still Telling the Stories

Learner-Centered

Rigor or Vigor? What Do We Want For Our Children?

Leadership

Closing the Loop on Excellence

Career & Technical Ed

Owatonna’s New School Sets Eyes on Local Pathways

Difference Making

Laguna Beach High School Gets in the FLOW of Environmental Literacy

Difference Making

Making Civic Learning Meaningful With And For Young People

EdTech

Innovating with Integrity: Building Trust in an AI-Driven World

Learner-Centered

Agency and Co-Authoring Thriving in Colorado Schools

New Pathways

Home Schools Grow With New Funding Streams

A Big Push For Small Schools
Learning Design

Ten Innovative Educational Programs Awarded Grants to Transform Learning

New Pathways

You’ve Been Notifeyed: How High School Students are Paving the Way to Driver Safety

California College Corps
Green Schools

Connecting College to Communities: California’s New Service Agenda

New Pathways

More Real World Learning in Kansas City

New Pathways

How The Principles of Experimentation Can Support Postsecondary Decision-Making

Learner-Centered

Igniting North Carolina’s Future: SparkNC’s Innovative Approach to Education

Leadership

Microschool in a Box: Programs Enabling the Microschool Movement

Difference Making

Why Entrepreneurship Might Save Our Kids—and the Rest of Us.

Difference Making

An Overlooked Pathway: Law and Civic Engagement

New Pathways

The Future of Teaching Apprenticeships: Empowering Educators and Transforming Education

Network Effect

4 Principles for Transforming Education Institutions and Systems From the Inside

A student navigates a complex landscape of credentials and badges.
New Pathways

The Global Credentialing Landscape: Messy, Massive and Meaningful

New Pathways

Microschools: From Micro Innovation to Serial Disruption

Early Learning

The Future of Elementary Education: Literacy Launchpads that Ensure Literacy for All

Difference Making

Education and the Economy: How Might Education Shape the Future of How We Live and Work

Career & Technical Ed

Advice From More than A Decade of Career Pathway Innovation

Leadership

Charting a Course for Educational Transformation: The Power of Aligned Portraits

KnoPro
New Pathways

KnoPro from NAF Expands Access to Work-Based Learning

A student snips wires for a boat-building project.
Future of Learning

Schools of the Future: Creating the Entrepreneurial Education Model

CAPS Network Students Gain Skills and Scholarships
Career & Technical Ed

CAPS Network Students Gain Skills and Scholarships 

Belton High
New Pathways

Innovative High School Schedules 

Oregon School
New Pathways

Deeper Learning Requires Deeper Relationships?

New Pathways
New Pathways

Paving the Way for Pathways: Connecting Local Schools and Businesses in Tacoma, WA

Tacoma Public Schools summer learners
Career & Technical Ed

Tacoma Public Schools: Bridging Learners to Personal Pathways

New Pathways

Real World Learning: Client Projects Are Trending 

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New Pathways

Khan World School – One Year Later

Evolve Me by ASA
New Pathways

Two Developments in Middle Grade Career Exploration 

Student leading lesson
Future of Learning

From Classroom to Adulthood: The Importance of Talent Development from an Early Age

IDEA High School Learner
New Pathways

Tacoma Adding More Personalized Learning Opportunities

Fielding International
New Pathways

Recording Arts as Reengagement, Social Justice and Pathway 

Learner-Centered

Centering Relationships at Anastasis Academy

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New Pathways

The Time For Futures Is Now

AI art
Learner-Centered

Learning as a Collective

Museum art
New Pathways

Civic Engagement: Museums Create Meaning

Students from MC2 STEM High School critique their classmates’ projects for an event that blends STEM and art.
New Pathways

Creating New Pathways of Prosperity for All

New Pathways

Putting the Connect in Connecticut: Powerful Pathways to Employment from High School

FFE
New Pathways

Measuring Connections in Career-Connected Learning

Community
New Pathways

The Secret Sauce to a Successful College and Career Readiness Program

skillsline
New Pathways

Skillsline: Developing Career-Ready Human Skills

New Pathways

ConnectED Community Partnerships Create Pathways

Northern Cass
New Pathways

Rural Places, Big Visions – a visit to Northern Cass School District

Three eighth-grade students work together on an assignment in a school courtyard.
Learner-Centered

When Preparing Kids for Their Future, Should We Lead with the Destination?

students smiling
New Pathways

How High Schools Can Successfully Accelerate College Pathways

NAF
New Pathways

Communities Develop Their Future Workforce Through NAF Academies

Students and Shawnee
New Pathways

Inviting Learners into Work That Matters

Leadership

High Impact Startups Spotted at ASU+GSV

high school student
New Pathways

Closing the Opportunity Gap with Access to College-Level Courses for Every High School Learner

watercolor pathway
New Pathways

An Unexpected Pathway: How Life’s Design For Life Changed Mine

New Pathways

A Culture of No: How to Get Past Fear and Risk-Aversion to Make Things Happen

new pathways six pillars
New Pathways

Why Are New Pathways Essential?

XQ
New Pathways

The Learner-Centered Competency-Based Learning Management System

Accelerate Ed
Equity & Access

Accelerate ED Initiative Creates Opportunities for Students to Excel

JFF Horizons
New Pathways

Eyes on The Horizon: Where Industry and Education Meet

Mauka Market
Green Schools

A Purpose Proposal: Entrepreneurial Thinking and Sustainability Must Be Core Components of Pathways

Disruptive Excellence Framework
Equity & Access

Separate and Not Equal: Disrupting Pathway Tracks in the Post Pandemic Era

New Pathways

Credentialing Everything: A Primer on Learning and Employment Records and Digital Wallets

digital learning
EdTech

Artificial Intelligence and Adaptivity to Strengthen Equity in Student Learning

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Competency-Based Education

Measuring Learning Growth: Competencies and Standards

Equity & Access

The Power of Process In Deeper Learning: A Case Study in Scaffolding

New Pathways

How Teacher Beliefs Transform Student Outcomes: The Impact of Collective Educator Agency

group
Equity & Access

Collaborating with Community as Partners in Fulfilling the Promise of your Graduate Profile

DLAC
Future of Learning

We Are All Digital Learners: Why DLAC is Perfect for You

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Learner-Centered

Four Key Lessons from Utah for Accelerating and Expanding Learner-Centered Education

ASU Prep
New Pathways

School Districts and Charter Authorizers Need Innovation Pathways 

Two high school girls discuss their research topics during an AP research class.
New Pathways

Citizenship Skills Support Durable Pathways

Leadership presentation
New Pathways

Team Teaching, Educator Retention and Education’s Next Workforce

George Washington High School
New Pathways

My Class Climbed a 14,000-Foot Mountain: How to Empower Students and Provide New Pathways to Learning

High schoolers at Capital City Public Charter School work together to assemble a circuit kit in the school’s makerspace.
Equity & Access

Building a Pathway Onramp: Transition Plan Design Guidelines

profile of success
New Pathways

The Tail is Wagging the Education System

Assessment
Equity & Access

Assessment as Revelation, not Destination

digital learning
Equity & Access

Delivering on the Promise of Digital Equity

Green Pathways
Green Schools

On To Greener Pathways: The Future of Work Has New Opportunities for Students

St Vrain Valley
New Pathways

Partnerships Power Innovative St Vrain Valley Pathways

Ed3

Educators Field Guide to Preparing for Web3: 3 Steps You Can Take Today, to be Ready for Tomorrow

AI
Ed3

Education is about to radically change: AI for the masses

MBAE
New Pathways

North Star Goal: Every Learner on a Personalized Pathway

students smiling
New Pathways

Understanding Opportunity Costs in Education

Paul Quinn College
New Pathways

Paul Quinn College: Affordable, Relevant, Transformative Higher Education

Launchpad
Learner-Centered

#CelebratingProgress Launching Youth Into Tech Careers

group of students
Learner-Centered

Why Your Students Need a Manifesto

Cafe Momentum
New Pathways

How a Dallas Restaurant Became a National Youth Development System

pathways
Equity & Access

Uncovering Pathways for Students with Disabilities

Special Needs Education - Educate All Learners Alliance
New Pathways

Next Generation Online Learning Programs – Khan World School

New Pathways

Every Student Needs a Learning Coach

Startland edu
Future of Learning

It is Time to Redefine Entrepreneurship, Focusing on the Skilled Trades

hands holding earth
Green Schools

How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change

New Pathways

Building Advisory Systems with Intentionality, Equity, Curation, and Impact

New Pathways

QAA Report on Badging and Micro-Credentialing: How Education and Employment Can Benefit from Using Skills Profiles

students leading activity
New Pathways

Focusing on Student Learning Will Attract The Educators We Need

New Pathways

Building Rural Learning Pathways to Strengthen the Future of Community

5th graders from Cajon Valley USD
New Pathways

Purpose Powered Education

NVSIDE Conference
Leadership

Exploring New Pathways at the NVSIDE Conference

Alaska
Learner-Centered

Taking Work-Based Learning to the Next Level: Lessons from Alaska

how to navigate life
New Pathways

How a Purpose Mindset Helps Navigate Life

smiling and learning
New Pathways

The Self-Employment Surge is Real: Can It Survive a Recession?

New Tech Network school
New Pathways

How Systems and States Can Encourage Better Project-Based Learning

Rooted School
New Pathways

The Rooted School Network: Experiencing Success in College and Work in High School

growth mindset
New Pathways

Perfection is a 2nd Rate Idea

New Pathways

Scaling Microschool Ecosystems at ASU Prep

pathways
New Pathways

Fostering Personalized Learning Journeys

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Equity & Access

Education Front and Center: How to Activate Learning Ecosystems

Web3
Ed3

What Can Decentralized Organizations Accomplish in Education?

assessment
New Pathways

Whose Accountability System is this Anyway? Kentucky’s Journey Toward Shared Ownership of Assessment and Accountability Systems

time
New Pathways

Timetable Absurdity

Deep learning
New Pathways

How Deep is Their Learning?

A student operating a complicated looking machine in a presentation
New Pathways

Belonging in STEM

edtech
New Pathways

Tech Fuels Student Access to Mentorships – Especially for Students of Color

YouScience.com
New Pathways

How YouScience is Closing the Aptitude and Interest Gap

Paper
New Pathways

North American Learners Gain 24/7 Support from Canadian Unicorn

Web3
Ed3

Three Ways Web3 Will Change Education For Good

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