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Centering Students, Scaling Innovation: Building 21 at FullScale Symposium 2025

This October 26-28, Building 21 is heading back to New Orleans for the FullScale Symposium 2025, the leading gathering of education innovators transforming K-12 education through personalized, competency-based learning approaches.…

Sandra MoumoutjisOctober 20, 2025

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Aurora 2024: Insights and Highlights

We were thrilled to have been able to take sixteen talented educators from across the Building 21 Network to the 2024 Aurora Symposium in New Orleans! Their reflections underscore the…

Heather HarlenDecember 10, 2024

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My Ah-Ha Moment: Building Durable Skills through Outdoor Learning

Spotlight blogs celebrate excellence in our Learning Innovation Network. This Spotlight is an interview by Heather Harlen, Learning Innovation Network Instructional Coach and Designer, with Rob Kalpinski, a teacher at…

Heather HarlenOctober 1, 2024

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Let’s Talk Transformation: Building 21 at the Mastery Transcript Consortium Symposium

The Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC) Symposium is a powerful opportunity to engage with like-minded innovators who are working to transform how we think about student learning and assessment. It's a…

Thomas GaffeySeptember 19, 2024

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5 Things I Learned Using the Building 21 Student Competencies

Spotlight blogs celebrate excellence in our Learning Innovation Network. This Spotlight is written by Avery Reub, the Dean of Academic Development and Research at Vanier College in Montreal, Canada. Read…

Guest AuthorSeptember 12, 2024

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Seven Ways Beacon Illuminates Learning

When we started Building 21 over 11 years ago, we had to create our own platform to measure and track progress for our Lab Schools because there was nothing on…

Thomas GaffeyJune 7, 2024

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Launchpad Spotlight: Ignite

Spotlight blogs celebrate excellence in our Learning Innovation Network. This Spotlight features a pitch competition in Launchpad, a workforce development program designed to support young Philadelphians interested in tech careers.…

Heather HarlenApril 16, 2024

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2023 Aurora Symposium Recap

Sandra Moumoutjis, Executive Director of our Learning Innovation Network, was struck by the family reunion vibe at the 2023 Aurora Institute Symposium in Palm Springs, California. It was the first…

Heather HarlenMarch 11, 2024

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Academy of Alameda Spotlight – Redlining and Math

Spotlight blogs celebrate excellence in our Learning Innovation Network. This Spotlight is co-written with Jennifer Whatley, a middle school math teacher at The Academy of Alameda, near San Francisco. Find…

Heather HarlenDecember 5, 2023

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Mentoring: The Why, What, & How (Part 3)

Spotlight blogs celebrate excellence in our Learning Innovation Network. This is the final post in a series about mentoring, also known as advisory. In Part 1, we learned about why…

Guest AuthorOctober 27, 2023