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Example: Four State Profiles in Innovation
See profiles of GA, TN,TX, and RI and learn why they are on the leading edge of cultivating blended and personalized learning.
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North Carolina Digital Learning Plan
Developed by The Friday Institute, the goal of the Digital Learning Plan is to build upon the existing foundation to develop a coherent long-term strategy that sets directions and priorities, supports innovation, and provides resources to enable the...
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Advice: Establish a statewide vision and plan
Three states share their approach to developing a statewide vision for innovation in education.
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Aurora Institute Blended Learning Teacher Competency Framework
TLA partnered with the Aurora Institute (formerly iNACOL) to work with experts and practitioners around the country to draft an initial set of teacher competency standards for blended learning classrooms. It’s our hope that this framework will help...
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Advice: Policies to Support Competency-Based Learning
State leaders must align policies to support transformation. This policy brief provides multiple concrete, actionable recommendations for state policymakers including those for creating competency-based education systems.
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KnowledgeWorks: A State Policy Framework for Personalized Learning
The State Policy Framework for Personalized Learning helps states and stakeholders define and navigate their pathway from the exploratory phase of system design, where a limited number of districts engage in personalized learning practices, to...
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Expanding Equity: Leveraging ESSA to provide Direct Student Services
Chiefs for Change championed a provision in ESSA that will provide SEAs and LEAs with resources to support Direct Student Services (DSS). This is possible through a 3% discretionary state reservation of Title I funding. This will allow states to...
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Advice: Support and Leverage for Early Adopters
Innovation in education does not always take hold when mandated solely from the “top down.” Early adopters at the school and district level can show the way for others across the state, and they provide authentic, real-world experience from which to...
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Advice: Common Sense Education
Common Sense Education provides lesson plans, interactive games, professional development, and family education around digital citizenship.
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Guide: TNTP's Re-imagining Teaching in a Blended Classroom
Blended Learning involves much more than introducing technology into classrooms; it offers an opportunity to rethink how teachers teach and students learn. TNTP's first version of guidance to help districts and schools rethink their human capital...
