For generations, school attendance was rarely questioned because school was the central place where learning, social life, activities, and opportunity happened. But the world has changed dramatically, while many structures of school have remained largely the same.
Katie Martin
3 Learner-Centered Movements I am Excited to See Grow in 2024
The power of coming together in community is that it reinforces our instincts and helps us feel connected to others and not alone in our frustrations or ideas. It allows us to identify the practices that we want to keep, discuss those that aren’t serving our communities, and give us the permission to grow new and different systems that create more learner-centered practices.
The Evolving Role of Educators in the Age of AI
When ChatGPT started making it mainstream, I showed my two kids who are in middle school a news...
Technology Should Change How We Learn in Schools. Is It?
In the last few years, especially as schools have navigated the pandemic, technology has become...
When Students Feel Like They Belong
I was recording a podcast with Dr. Susan Enfield, Superintendent at Highline Public Schools,...
Creating More Opportunities for Learner Agency
Agency by definition is the power to act. But too often this is misconstrued as a free-for-all. We...
Setting Goals and Aligning our Learner-Centered Systems
I love Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead podcast and recently she had on James Clear to talk about his...
Designing Authentic Projects
Despite the efforts of educators, and initiatives, the Gallup poll highlights that too often...

Dr. Katie Martin
Dr. Katie Martin is the author of Learner-Centered Innovation and VP of Leadership and Learning at Altitude Learning. She teaches in the graduate school of Education at High Tech High and is on the board of Real World Scholars. Learn More.
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