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It's Time to Level the Post-Secondary Playing Field: Six Principles for Building a Career Pathways Program

September 1, 2023

Melissa Olson

Issue(s): Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Competency-Based Education Across America

May 31, 2023

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

The Shift In Action: Five Takeaways From Our Journey Towards A Competency-Based System

May 5, 2023

Dr. Melissa Olson, Joey Lee

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Eastern Carver’s Framework for Lifelong Learning Skills

August 26, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Strategies for Building Student Ownership of Their Learning

August 20, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency

It Takes a Village to Personalize Learning to Every Student

August 12, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Evaluate Quality, Learn Lessons from the Field, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Personalizing Learning in an Alternative Arts High School

August 6, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

District-wide Transformation to Personalized Learning in Eastern Carver County, Minnesota

August 1, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Innovative Scheduling: Digital e-Learning Days and Academic Support Periods

July 1, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

Interstellar Time at Boeckman Middle School

June 24, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Shifting the English Department to Competency-Based Assessment

June 20, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Shifting the English Department to Competency-Based Learning

June 18, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

“Radical Trust” and Teacher Agency Drive Deeper Change in Farmington

June 13, 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction

Moving from Islands of Innovation to a District of Distinction in Personalized Learning (Part Two)

November 30, 2016

Eastern Carver County Schools

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Moving from Islands of Innovation to a District of Distinction in Personalized Learning (Part One)

November 29, 2016

Eastern Carver County Schools

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field