Earlier this week, Governor Dayton signed into law the new “innovation research zone pilot program”, championed by Education Evolving and several other local organizations. The legislation allows groups of district and/or charter schools to form “innovation zones”, which gain flexibility from rule and law in order to implement and research new approaches to learning.
What if learning goals were defined in terms "competencies" involving 21st century skills, and students progressed at their own pace as they demonstrated mastery? Two architects of New Hampshire’s PACE accountability model—Deputy Commissioner, Paul Leather, and PACE Teaching & Learning Director, Ellen Hume-Howard—will present in Minnesota on June 15th, 4pm to 5:30pm, for our next Rethinking Education speaker series event.
In his latest piece, EE co-founder and senior fellow Ted Kolderie explains that what most people call 'charter schools' is in fact system change. With the new second—its charter—sector public education can be a self-improving system. Success for the district sector might in fact result from its picking up, and responding to, innovations occurring in the charter sector.
Bush Foundation invites you to an event tomorrow, June 2nd, exploring how we, as a region committed to making education more relevant for all students, can Realize the Power and Possibility of Individualized Learning. At the event, EE executive director, Lars Esdal, will be moderating a panel on “how policy can create a supportive context for the work of individualized learning.” While registration is currently closed, you can still register (for free) at the door tomorrow.
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