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Cognia modernizes accreditation with new statuses and standard: Cognia announces new accreditation statuses and an increased focus on student performance to provide transparency and support growth and improvement. These changes align accreditation and improvement more closely with accountability systems in states, systems, and schools, and provide clarity to institutions on their current standing and the steps needed to reach the next level of improvement.

 


Performance Standards for Board Governance Certification: Cognia Board Governance Certification Standards provide a research-based framework that defines the practices of high-performing boards. Our new certification based on these performance standards can support boards to better communicate, foster a culture of improvement, make data-informed decisions, and sustain a clear vision and strategic direction.

 

 


Different Paths, Same Vision: Four Models for Cross-Curricular STEM Integration: This article, written by four institutions with strong STEM programs, outlines four approaches to integrating STEM principles throughout the school curriculum. All of these institutions share a commitment to building programs that reflect the practices and characteristics of a rigorous, relevant, and age-appropriate STEM education.

 

 


From Urgent to Future: Charting a Course for AI in K-12 Education: This white paper from FullScale (formerly The Learning Accelerator) sets a vision for shifting the field from reactive decisions about AI toward proactive, student-centered systems change. Grounded in the realities of today’s classrooms and emerging insights from national research, it offers a path forward that centers instructional quality and human relationships as the foundation for responsible AI integration.