Innovation in action: HOW CREATIVE SCHOOLS ARE DESIGNING A MORE EQUITABLE EDUCATION SYSTEM
A new Canopy project report shows how innovative schools are designing more equitable education systems.
Innovations from 161 canopy Schools to Aid Marginalized Students
From a Lakota-focused microschool to service opportunities for kids with disabilities, examples from Canopy of how innovators are focusing on the needs of marginalized students (as featured in The74).
Not Just Recovery, But Reinvention
Three Lessons from Schools Where COVID Innovations Offer New Solutions
Innovation during 2020-21 and how to nurture it post-pandemic
Among the lessons from COVID-19 in the K–12 sector, one is this: we can never again say that schools haven’t changed in a hundred years.
2020 vs. 2021: Notable trends in innovative school practice nationwide
Our latest Canopy project analysis reveals takeaways about innovative school models using updated data from January 2021.
Takeaways from COVID-era learning models at 144 innovative schools around the country
New analysis shares trends in COVID-era learning models at 144 innovative schools around the country.
Making sense of school innovation: Five categories of practice revealed
The Canopy dataset suggests five distinct categories of innovative practice in schools.
A revealing look at innovation in urban and suburban schools
Canopy data shows urban and suburban schools report innovative practices at different frequencies.
A revealing look at innovation in rural schools
Canopy data suggests rural schools prioritize flexibility and student supports, but other practices may be less common.
Spotlight on Project-Based Learning: Seeing the forest and the trees
While project-based learning can be traced back to centuries-old theory, research shows how it is linked to a variety of efforts for change in innovative schools.
A peek into 2020
Analysis of Canopy data leads to three questions that education stakeholders should keep top of mind in 2020.
What does it really mean to be competency-based?
What does a competency-based school look like? Even with a clear definition, data shows that practice varies widely on the ground.
3 school innovation insights that challenge common assumptions
Canopy data on school models, sourced from 173 schools that verified their information, reveals insights that may otherwise have gone unnoticed by the field.
6 Education Innovation Trends You May Not Know About, From 173 Diverse Schools You May Never Have Heard Of
Discover big-picture school innovation trends from data that surfaces patterns and blind spots where the field may not be paying attention.
A view from the Canopy: Building collective knowledge on school innovation
This initial stage of the Canopy demonstrates how a process designed to advance collective knowledge has the potential to unveil a more diverse, complete picture of K-12 school innovation.