Next State of Learning
What makes a mind come alive?
How can one community impact every child? And how can states set the conditions for lasting change?
These questions spring from the hearts and minds of every educator, parent, and leader in our education systems. Their struggles to find solutions, to build student-centered learning environments for our nation's children, will pave the way for the Next State of Learning.
Fortunately, several states are already modeling a constructive way forward and sharing their learning with one another -- as part of the Innovation Lab Network at the Council of Chief State School Officers. And what these policymakers have learned is that when it comes to making decisions about the future of teaching and learning, about the next "state" of learning, it's best to listen closely to the people who are most directly engaged in the work -- students, educators, and the communities they serve.