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What Makes Dual Enrollment Actually Work: Sustainable, Aligned Funding & Data-Informed Evaluation
This blog is the fourth in series called Beyond the Course Catalog: What Makes Dual Enrollment Actually Work, a four-part blog series from Getting Smart in partnership with Britebound focused on what separates a strong dual enrollment model from the rest.
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The Creolization of Recognition
By: Simone Ravaioli It was Tyson Yunkaporta who recently introduced me to the uniquely generative idea of creolization, in a panel discussion on, well, inclusive recognition systems: how do we build recognition that actually includes all learners, and all
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What Makes Dual Enrollment Actually Work: Robust Student & Family Support & Career Connection
This blog is the third in series called Beyond the Course Catalog: What Makes Dual Enrollment Actually Work, a four-part blog series from Getting Smart in partnership with Britebound focused on what separates a strong dual enrollment model from the rest.
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Steward Stories: How Big Thought Turned Compelling Questions Into a Citywide Learning System
By Merita Irby and Karen Pittman Our "Steward Stories" series captures lessons learned from interviews with leaders of mature, purpose-built ecosystem intermediaries. An ecosystem steward is a boundary-spanning leader who goes beyond traditional out-of-sc
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Before Students Miss the Opportunity, Adults Miss the Signal
By: AJ Gutierrez Since 2021, U.S. public schools have lost about 1.18 million students. Projections indicate that enrollment will further decline by 2.7 million students by 2031. To better serve students, schools have an opportunity to better understand t
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What Makes Dual Enrollment Actually Work: Building Pathways Students Can Actually Trust
This blog is the second in series called Beyond the Course Catalog: What Makes Dual Enrollment Actually Work, a four-part blog series from Getting Smart in partnership with Britebound focused on what separates a strong dual enrollment model from the rest.
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One Map, Every Framework: The Shared Architecture Behind School Transformation
The field of school transformation is rich with thoughtful, purpose-specific design frameworks. Organizations and school systems across the country have spent years building powerful approaches to redesigning schools, and partners are right to value the s
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What Makes Dual Enrollment Actually Work: Intentional, Coherent Design & Equitable Access
This blog is the first in series called Beyond the Course Catalog: What Makes Dual Enrollment Actually Work, a four-part blog series from Getting Smart in partnership with Britebound focused on what separates a strong dual enrollment model from the rest.
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How to Rethink School Finance Models Before the Funding Cliff Hits
Many public schools face funding pressure right now. Contributing factors include a predicted 30-year trend of declining population of school-age children, completion of ESSER fund spending in spring of 2026, increasing competition from school options fun
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When to Innovate, When to Implement, and When to Improve: A Framework for Strategic Schools
While partnering with systems in Virginia, Kansas City, and Michigan, we've observed that strategic organizations succeed by matching the right approach to the right challenge. As we explored in How Can We Build Strategic Organizations: The Power of When,
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