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Mentoring: The Why, What, & How (Part 2)

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

Guest AuthorOctober 2, 2023

Guest Author Learning Innovation Network

Mentoring: The Why, What, & How (Part 1)

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

Guest AuthorSeptember 12, 2023

Learning Innovation Network

Celebrating 1000 Members: Building 21 Open Resource Library Hits a Milestone

We are thrilled to announce that the Building 21 open resource library has reached over 1000 members! This milestone is a testament to the engagement of our community and the…

Heather HarlenSeptember 6, 2023

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Canyon Springs High School Spotlight – The Power of Competencies Through Collaborative Discussions

Spotlight blogs celebrate excellence in our Learning Innovation Network. This Spotlight is written by Amy Huhtala, an instructional coach at Canyon Springs High School in Idaho during the 2022-2023 school…

Guest AuthorJune 20, 2023

Learning Innovation Network

Building 21 Allentown Spotlight – Impact in Practice

Spotlight blogs celebrate excellence in our Learning Innovation Network. This Spotlight is co-written with Megan Justice, a social studies teacher at our Building 21 Allentown Lab School in eastern Pennsylvania.…

Heather HarlenMay 3, 2023

Learning Innovation Network

West Ada Academies Spotlight – The Value of Staff Voice and Choice

Spotlight blogs celebrate excellence in our Learning Innovation Network. This Spotlight was written in collaboration with Julia Miller and Tracy Poff, instructional coaches in the West Ada School District in southwest…

Heather HarlenApril 4, 2023

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Three Glows and a Grow: 2022 Building 21 Summer Design Institute Recap

Saturday mornings in my childhood often involved a bowl of Rice Krispies sprinkled with sugar and a cartoon marathon. One of my favorites was The Jetsons, a space-age family who…

Heather HarlenDecember 6, 2022

Competency-based Learning Learning Innovation Network

Transcend: 41 Ideas For Reshaping School (And We’re One Of Them)

Building 21 is proud that our model is among the inaugural set of innovative designs included in The Models Exchange — a free, searchable library to drive innovation for schools. …

Heather HarlenOctober 27, 2022

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A Quick Guide To Building 21 at the 2022 Aurora Institute Annual Symposium

We are proud to announce members of the Building 21 Network team are presenting at The Aurora Institute Annual Symposium, the premiere event for learning about cutting-edge promising practices, the latest…

Heather HarlenOctober 20, 2022

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Using Competency Performance Levels (Correlations) as Predictors of College Persistence in Competency-Based Schools

This excerpt is from a CompentetcyWorks Blog written by Sandra Moumoutjis, Building 21's Executive Director of the Learning Innovation Network, for The Aurora Institute.School boards, policymakers, parents, and community members…

Sandra MoumoutjisJune 22, 2022