I was once asked, “What would you do with four hundred students who don’t want to learn?” I took a...
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School Doesn't Have to Kill Creativity
This week was my son’s 3rd-grade exhibition of learning, where he presented his final project and...
Learner-Centered Innovation Book Study: Part 3 Recap
The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big...
3 Professional Learning Practices that Honor the Expertise of Educators
A recent article in EdWeek highlighted the frustration that many educators feel in professional...
Learner-Centered Innovation Book Study: Part 2 Recap #LCInnovation
You can't mandate learning Who could your students access to help them learn? How might your...
Learner-Centered Innovation Book Study: What If? and Part 1 Recap #LCInnovation
This week we kicked off the Learner-Centered Innovation Book Study with the Into- What If? and...
Educators and Families: Are We Talking Enough About What School Could Be?
In October of this year, I had the opportunity to connect with educators who were doing a...
What if we were obsessively learner-centered in schools?
As the world continues to evolve and change in dynamic ways, there is an increasingly urgent call...

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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Shifting to a Learner-Centered Paradigm
When we look to learners, we can see what’s working and what’s challenging, and ultimately we can...
Evolving Education: Shifting to a Learner-Centered Paradigm
I haven’t blogged in a month but I have definitely been writing! This week I submitted final edits...
Leveraging Technology to Create More Learner-Centered Experiences
When I first heard that my kids were going back to school in person I thought it would be great to...
Leveraging Lessons Learned To Evolve In Education
How will you use the lessons learned from this year to evolve your practice moving forward? There...