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Patrick, Susan; Worthen, Maria; Truong, Natalie – iNACOL, 2019
This brief provides analysis of state policy changes needed toward a long-range vision to transform education and ensure our nation's education systems prepare all students with the skills necessary to achieve success, contribute to their communities and advance society. Our policy priorities are intentionally constructed to support future-focused…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Equal Education
Patrick, Susan; Truong, Natalie; Chambers, Alexis – Aurora Institute, 2020
State policymakers are in a unique position to enable the innovations in education necessary to prepare students for a rapidly changing world. Working with 8,000 educators nationwide, the Aurora Institute identified the top 10 issues to address in state policy for transforming the K-12 education system: (1) Profile of a Graduate; (2) Innovation…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change
Patrick, Susan; Gentz, Susan – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2016
There is a new state education policy concept termed either innovation zones or districts of innovation. State education agencies interested in shifting their role from enforcing compliance to one of supporting innovation and building capacity in districts are working to spur new innovative instructional models and create space for…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Student Needs, State Legislation
Casey, Katherine; Patrick, Susan – Aurora Institute, 2020
Fewer than one in five American students follow a clear and uninterrupted path from high school through college to career. The promise of a public education is to prepare all learners to engage in, contribute to, and achieve purpose in the world, both as it is today and as it will be tomorrow. And yet, the American education system as we know it…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, Educational Opportunities, Social Mobility
Patrick, Susan; Truong, Natalie; Chambers, Alexis – Aurora Institute, 2020
The Aurora Institute's 2020 Federal Policy Priorities are an equity-driven and future-focused set of recommendations designed to ensure the nation's education system is fit for purpose. The priorities are intentionally constructed to support moving states and localities forward from their current state of education to future systems capable of…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Federal Government, Educational Policy, Educational Innovation
Patrick, Susan; Chambers, Alexis – Aurora Institute, 2020
As school districts deliberate over reopening schools with the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, we've developed this report with strategic guidance on how to harness our current opportunity to transform K-12 education. "Education Policy Issues for the COVID-19 Era: Policy Actions and Responses to Leverage the Moment for Future Readiness"…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Patrick, Susan; Worthen, Maria; Truong, Natalie; Frost, Dale – iNACOL, 2018
This paper explores and reflects on the issues state policy needs to address in the long-term to support a transformation of K-12 education systems. Personalized learning and competency-based education systems, designed to ensure equity, hold promise to prepare all students for success in college, career and civic life. This report shares…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Policy, State Policy, Educational Change
Lopez, Nina; Patrick, Susan; Sturgis, Chris – iNACOL, 2017
K-12 education in the United States and across the world is at a turning point. The steady march towards equality and justice within the country has changed the context for the education system. At the same time, rapid and unpredictable changes in society and culture have created new expectations for education, changing what is needed for…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Educational Benefits
Patrick, Susan; Worthen, Maria; Frost, Dale; Gentz, Susan – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2016
Students, teachers, and school leaders are seeking flexibility and supports to enable powerful, personalized learning experiences both inside and outside of the traditional classroom. In personalized learning, instruction is tailored to each student's strengths, needs, and interests--including enabling student voice and choice in what, how, when,…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction
Sturgis, Chris; Patrick, Susan – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2010
This exploration into competency-based innovation at the school, district, and state levels suggests that competency-based pathways are a re-engineering of this nation's education system around learning--a re-engineering designed for success in which failure is no longer an option. Competency-based approaches build upon standards reforms, offering…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Innovation, Futures (of Society)
Patrick, Susan – Educational Technology, 2011
The author traces the growth of K-12 online learning in the United States from its modest genesis in the mid-1990s with 50,000 students to the more than 4 million enrollments today, the fastest scaling ever of any innovation in K-12 education. The evolution from one-size-fits-all online courses to innovative, blended instructional models that are…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses
Patrick, Susan; Vander Ark, Tom – National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NJ1), 2011
During this decade, American education will shift from print to digital, from flat and sequential content to engaging and adaptive, and from batch processing to personalized learning. There will also be a slow enrollment shift from traditional district-operated schools to schools and programs operated by organizations authorized under contracts or…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, State Programs
Sturgis, Chris; Patrick, Susan; Pittenger, Linda – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2011
From Anchorage, Alaska, to Orlando, Florida, and from Gray, Maine, to Yuma, Arizona, one hundred competency-based innovators gathered at the Competency-Based Learning Summit in March 2011. Sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), the Summit was developed in…
Descriptors: Competence, Expertise, Elementary Secondary Education, Competency Based Education
Sturgis, Chris; Patrick, Susan – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2010
This exploration into competency-based innovation at the school, district, and state levels suggests that competency-based pathways are a re-engineering of this nation's education system around learning--a re-engineering designed for success in which failure is no longer viable. This discussion draws on interviews and site visits with innovators…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Competence, Educational Innovation, Interviews
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Reigeluth, Charles M.; Patrick, Susan; Gonzalez, Gerardo M.; Christie, Kathy; Brock, Irene; Lee, Hongsoo – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
In higher education, a university is typically loosely coupled with its suprasystems, but its various schools or colleges tend to be tightly coupled with the university, as are departments with their respective schools or colleges. Similarly, in the corporate sector, a training department is typically tightly coupled with the company management…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Educational Innovation