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Have you checked out our learner-centered strategies? They offer actionable steps educators can take to create personalized, competency-based, authentic, inclusive and equitable learning experiences. This BINGO card is a great tool for back-to-school or throughout the year and each link is filled with curated resources that help bring learner-centered experiences to life in your classroom.

How are you going to get your BINGO?! Going deep into one experience with a vertical line? Touching upon each learning experience with a diagonal or horizontal line? Or are you going for blackout? Let us know what you think by sharing your BINGO card on social media!

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What an 8th-Grade Defense Taught Me About Competency-Based Learning

Written by Maysa Dadmun Have you ever watched a student light up when they get to learn about something they truly love? That spark is what shaped my entire 8th-grade defense project, and now, as a freshman in high school, it’s shaping the way I approach learning every day. I attended Sussex School, a…

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Looking Back to Move Forward: Our Year of Redesign, Renewal, and Relentless Hope

As 2025 comes to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on a season marked by uncertainty, rapid change, and a growing chorus of voices calling for something better for our kids, educators, and communities. From the fluctuating role of the federal government to the dizzying acceleration of AI, the context around education has shifted…

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Webinar Recording: Let’s Talk About Competency-Based Learning

In this webinar, three learner-centered leaders share their journeys implementing competency-based teaching, learning, and assessment in their unique school systems. Melissa Olson (Spring Lake Park Schools), Wendy Fairon (Chico Country Day School), and Sharon Stanley (Compass Academy) describe how they shifted from traditional grading and reporting toward systems that elevate clarity, student agency, meaningful…

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Episode 49: Rethinking Accountability—Policy, Practice, and the Future of Learning (with David Cook)

By loading this video, you agree to the privacy policy of Youtube.Always load Youtube videos on this site.Load VideoListen on SpotifyListen on Apple PodcastsWatch on YouTube Episode Summary: David Cook, longtime Kentucky education leader and current CEO of Learning Ecosystems Design, shares insights from three decades of shaping assessment, accountability, and innovation policy. Reflection…

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What Learners Really Experience: Reflections from the LiftOff Design Sprint

I recently had the opportunity to participate in the LiftOff Design Sprint, where 75 leaders from education, technology, research, philanthropy, and civic sectors came together in Silicon Valley. Over three days, we worked in teams to rapidly prototype 10 innovative learning models designed to help young people build the habits, skills, and mindsets they…

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Learner-Centered Collaborative Launches Southern California Microschool Network with Support from Silicon Schools Fund

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2026 Contact: Devin Vodicka & Katie Martin, Co-CEOs Learner-Centered Collaborative press@learnercentered.org Learner-Centered Collaborative Launches Southern California Microschool Network with Support from Silicon Schools Fund SAN DIEGO, CA — Learner-Centered Collaborative, a national nonprofit organization, is leading the launch of the Southern California Microschool Network, a groundbreaking regional initiative supporting…

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Public Microschools as an On-Ramp to Systemic School Redesign

The idea of microschools is generating growing interest across the education landscape. They’re showing up more frequently in philanthropic conversations, conference sessions, and learner-centered education spaces as leaders look for new ways to respond to longstanding challenges and emerging opportunities. For school and district leaders, this rising interest can feel irrelevant to their local…