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By Kathryn Kennedy of iNACOL and Kristen Vogt of NGLC
Are you a forward-thinking educator interested in starting an innovative K-12 next generation learning program, initiative, or school…or moving your current program to the next level? If you are, you have probably been looking for that...
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The Clayton Christensen Institute has recently released a paper “Is K-12 Blended Learning Disruptive? An introduction of the theory of hybrids”. The Institute has published three papers which have defined and described the growth of blended learning. In this fourth paper, the Institute...
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As we find ourselves at the end of another academic year, posts on the NGLC blog have taken a reflective tone. Grantees reflected on their efforts to transform education, and NGLC staff and guest bloggers reflected on the impact of educational innovation…on teachers and teaching, on learning...
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By Tom Vander Ark & Carri Schneider
Editor’s Note: Earlier this month, Digital Learning Now! released a DLN Smart Series white paper on blended learning and the teaching profession. This post by two of the paper’s authors, Tom Vander Ark and Carri Schneider, originally appeared on...
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By John Glover, Founder and CEO of Alpha Public Schools
“How is your year going?” It is a seemingly innocuous question, but anyone who asks this of a first-year, blended model school operator should be prepared to pull up a chair and get comfortable. Conditions on the ground are...
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By John Squires
This month, the number of students potentially ready for college in Tennessee got a significant boost as a version of Chattanooga State College’s “Do the Math” project, one of NGLC’s “Building Blocks for College Completion” grantees, expanded its...
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Editors note: This post originally appeared on the Getting Smart blog at gettingsmart.com on April 30, 2013.
By Tom Vander Ark
Hey, how about some good news from Detroit? As noted recently, education in Detroit is coming out of the tailspin. There are some very good schools...
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As NGLC continues to talk with innovators about applying for Wave IV planning and launch grants, we’re hearing a few common conversations. One of those conversations circles around blended learning. These innovators may have a school with a fairly successful model in which students are doing...
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By: Lizzie Choi, Project Manager of Optimized learning, the blended learning math pilot program at Summit Public Schools.
Editor's Note: This post first appeared on Blend My Learning on March 18, 2013.
As a former Summit math teacher, I find patterns and trends incredibly interesting. In...
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Editor’s Note: This video, produced by NGLC and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is the next in a series called “Profiles of Next Generation Learning.” Follow NGLC on Vimeo to stay up to date with new videos.
High school students at Sierra Vista, an alternative education...
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