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In the context of a global pandemic, what happens to the priorities of our education system? At U Prep Schools, reorganizing learning during the pandemic has meant centering and elevating existing priorities around human relationship and self-actualization. "Rather than taking things off our list, we made the list," says Danielle Jackson, the CEO of Detroit 90/90, the charter network that…

Austin Texas voters just voted to raise property taxes to pay for the operations and maintenance of Project Connect, a high-capacity $7.1 billion transit system expansion. Project Connect is highlighted by a new light rail system with 27 miles of service and 31 stations. It also includes a transit tunnel under downtown (think subway); four new rapid bus routes; and…

Just a few years before his retirement, superintendent David Britten knew that there was something our education system wasn't getting right. He felt then that, "I know what learning is about, but I don't know how to package that into a school system." He was concerned that students were studying ever-more narrow content standards, and missing out on the type…

A little more than a year ago the Grand Rapids Public Museum hosted Outsmarting the Robots: Redesigning education from the classroom to the halls of Lansing. The conference was organized around the question "how do we redesign our system for learning to build the 21st century skills that matter to meeting the needs of our children, economy, society, and world?"…

We're excited to announce our brand new video interview series, which will explore issues where the coronavirus pandemic helps us see things in a new light. What Now? asks: how should we navigate through this pandemic, and ensure a more prosperous Michigan in our recovery? In our first season, we're discussing education. In particular, the type of education that helps…