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What’s the Status of Badges? A Mid-Year Check-In at The Badge Summit Discover learnings from the Digital Badges Summit, including reflections on the evolving landscape of digital credentials and LER ecosystems.

Mason Pashia reports on the badge summit www.gettingsmart.com/2025/08/07/w... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Jonah Schenker and Students on Pathways and P-TECHs with Ulster BOCES Exploring bold, place-based investments like Career Pathways Academy at iPark 87, bringing partnerships, learner agency, and innovation to education.

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How Montana is Advancing Rural Workforce Solutions Montana pioneers rural workforce solutions, bridging education, policy, and training to address geographic and small business challenges.

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The 70-cent solution: An innovation success story in K–12 schools What if a federal program reached four fifths of K–12 students nationwide for just 70 cents each, yielded a 9-to-1 return, seed-funded over 100 entrepreneurial education technology startups, and intro...

Eric Tucker and Ed Metz on the success of SBIR investments fordhaminstitute.org/national/com...

Josh Bersin on Dynamic Learning Content Exploring how AI revolutionizes corporate learning with dynamic content, HR systems, and tools like Galileo to empower super workers and educators.

Josh Bersin on how AI is changing learning and development www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/josh... @gettingsmart.bsky.social @joshbersin.bsky.social

☀️EP. 18 · Indiana Charter Innovation Center President Scott Bess Edreform in 10 · Episode

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Scaling Smart: Diversifying Funding and Partnership Strategies During Uncertain Times Discover strategies for diversifying funding and partnerships in education amidst uncertain budgets. Flexibility and focus are key to sustained impact.

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Five Principles for Prosocial AI drive.google.com/file/d/1XRMG...

This Blueprint reflects a collective call to treat AI literacy as a foundation for the future and as essential for our
workforce, democracy, ethical agency, flourishing, and competitiveness www.edsafeai.org/blueprint-fo... @innovateedunyc.bsky.social

Monterey County on Computer Science Education California leads in computer science education with equity-focused initiatives, empowering educators and learners for a future-ready world.

Dr. Caryn Lewis, Rod Garcia, and Dr. Sharisa Chan on computer science education in California www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/mont...

Let’s Get Ready Let’s Get Ready! A Roadmap For Governors Letter from NGA Chair Governor Polis All Americans deserve access to an education that prepares them for success in life. As the world changes and technology e...

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Transforming Teaching: Mindsets That Move Us From Control to Agency Discover how shifting educator mindsets from control to agency can empower learners to thrive in a fast-changing, AI-driven world.

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YouTube video by Kyron Learning Skills Over Schools? Tom Vander Ark on the Future of Credentials

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Kara Bobroff on How to Make School Serve the Broader Community Exploring community-centric education models with Kara Bobroff, focusing on Indigenous education through NACA and NISN networks.

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Public Microschool Playbook At this pivotal moment in American education, public microschools provide a transformative approach to meet the evolving needs of learners and the rapidly changing demands of the workforce.

The Public Microschool Playbook www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/p... @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Benjamin Freud on the Biomimicry for Regenerative Design Lab at Green School Bali Explore regenerative design in education with Benjamin Freud as we rethink systems, embrace emergence, and create conditions conducive to life.

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Corey Mohn and Sophia Porter on Career Connected Pathways Explore the CAPS network's professions-based learning model and its impact on students' career readiness.

On Career Connected Learning and the CAPS Network www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/core... via @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Learning Conducive to Life: A Radical Approach at the Biomimicry for Regenerative Design Lab at Green Schools Bali BiRD Lab at Green School Bali fosters systems change by learning from nature, using a 4S approach to create sustainable, regenerative designs.

Biomimicry for Regenerative Design Lab at Green Schools Bali www.gettingsmart.com/2025/07/22/l... via @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Corey Mohn and Sophia Porter on Career Connected Pathways Explore the CAPS network's professions-based learning model and its impact on students' career readiness.

Corey Mohn and Sopia Porter talk about the CAPS Network and professions-based learning www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/core...

What Did I Do “At School” Today? A Learner from 2040 Tells All Explore a future where cities become classrooms, with unbundled learning ecosystems, personalized AI, and lifelong learning opportunities.

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Catching Up! | Junior Republics, Global Flourishing, and Education Conductors? Exploring micro schools, empathy in leadership, project management, and lessons from junior republics, with a focus on flourishing and real-world learning.

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Welcome to experience.work Where industry and education collide. Explore what's possible when industry and education collide in profession-based learning.

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From Margins to Mainstream

Bringing Career-Connected Learning to Scale www.aft.org/ae/spring202...

What Did I Do “At School” Today? A Learner from 2040 Tells All Explore a future where cities become classrooms, with unbundled learning ecosystems, personalized AI, and lifelong learning opportunities.

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Artificial intelligence education in Georgia middle schools onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Corey Mohn and Sophia Porter on Career Connected Pathways Explore the CAPS network's professions-based learning model and its impact on students' career readiness.

Corey Mohn and Sophia Porter on Career-Connected Learning, the CAPS Network, and AI in learning and work www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/core... via @gettingsmart.bsky.social

Jean Eddy on Youth Career Exploration www.workforces.info/podcast/epis...

A Blueprint for Entrepreneurial Nonprofits Operating Inside Higher Education Explore how entrepreneurial nonprofits thrive within higher education, with insights from ASU’s new Institute for Learning Design and Discovery.

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Reimagining School Starts with Reclaiming Time Exploring innovative time structures in schools to enhance personalized, competency-based learning and support teacher collaboration.

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The Hire-Train-Deploy Model: Entry-Level Workforce Development in the Age of AI - Workforce Realigned A Project of the Social Finance Institute

Hire-Train-Deploy Model: Entry-Level Workforce Development in the Age of AI workforcerealigned.org/chapters/the...