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Are you thinking about applying for a Wave IV Grant to start a Breakthrough School? Whether you are considering a Launch Grant or a Planning Grant you will want to join the NGLC Wave IV Webinar Today at 1:00pm ET. This is your chance to ask us your burning questions. Have you figured out if...
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Last week, NGLC announced a new wave of funding for planning and launching new “breakthrough” secondary school models. Today, we want to point prospective applicants to a few key resources that offer examples of and theoretical and evidence-based perspectives on breakthrough academic...
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By Sarah Luchs, K-12 Program Officer, Next Generation Learning Challenges
Today, NGLC announces its fourth wave of investments: $9 million to help launch 20 new “breakthrough” model secondary schools and $3 million to fund 30 early-stage planning efforts to design yet more of these...
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By Brandt Redd, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Editor’s Note: This guest post by Brandt Redd suggests that personalized learning approaches can address the dual pressures on higher education: increasing societal needs and expectations and flat or declining funding. Brandt is Senior...
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By Tom Vander Ark
Editor’s Note: Excerpts from this guest post originally appeared on GettingSmart.com and EdWeek.
Critics argue that blended and competency-based learning is just testing all the time. They chafe at what appears to be more mindless box checking. When I visit credit recovery...
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Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a series of posts which will each highlight a distinguishing design characteristic of NGLC’s recently funded Breakthrough Postsecondary Models, as described in their profiles.
The barriers to college completion, particularly for...
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By Mallory Moser
Editor’s Note: Gooru (www.goorulearning.org) is a free search engine for learning that allows teachers and students to search for, share, study and organize learning resources. Gooru was among 19 organizations that received grant funding as part of NGLC’s “...
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By Tom Vander Ark
Editor’s Note: Excerpts from this guest post originally appeared on the blog, "gettingsmart.com."
It’s great if you think you have a good sense of how a next-generation school would work, but good luck trying to get funding. Most school districts don...
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Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a series of Monday posts which will each highlight a distinguishing design characteristic of NGLC’s recently funded Breakthrough Postsecondary Models, as described in their profiles.
NGLC's third wave of funding sought to foster the...
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By Michael Griffie, Principal, Cornerstone Charter Health High School
Editor’s Note: Excerpts from this guest post originally appeared on the blog, "Blend My Learning.com"
Much has been written about this disruptive innovation changing public education called Blended Learning. By...
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