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By Timothy McKay, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Michigan
Editor’s Note: In this guest post, Tim McKay describes how the University of Michigan is using data and student and faculty feedback to tailor support to students. E2Coach received a Wave I grant...
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By Heather Gilchrist, Socratic Labs
Editor’s Note: This blog is the fourth in a series of posts reflecting on a recent gathering of Wave II grantees.
In early December, I had the honor of spending a few days with the Next Generation Learning Challenges Wave II grantees. I joined them at...
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Editor’s Note: This blog is the third in a series of posts reflecting on a recent gathering of Wave II grantees
In the last two posts on this blog, NGLC staff shared key takeaways from an event last week, when we convened 19 grantees, all of whom have been developing and refining learning...
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Editor’s Note: This blog is the second in a series of posts reflecting on a recent gathering of Wave II grantees.
Last week, NGLC invited our Wave II innovators and researchers to Atlanta for a “capstone” convening to mark the end of their tenure as NGLC grantees.
The...
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Editor’s Note: This blog is the first in a series of posts reflecting on a recent gathering of Wave II grantees.
More than a year ago, NGLC invited 19 grantee teams of innovators, researchers, and curriculum developers to meet one another in Seattle. The ink was barely dry on...
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This week, NGLC staff headed west to attend Big Ideas Fest, an annual gathering of teachers, policymakers, funders, and researchers dedicated to surfacing “big ideas” in education. After three days of networking, we left inspired, refreshed, and excited that so many of the big ideas our...
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NGLC’s recent round of awards to breakthrough models in both K12 and postsecondary education were accompanied last month by awards of new funding for four Wave I grantees. Cerritos College Foundation, Sinclair Community College, California State University Northridge, and Indiana University...
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The high school student glanced up from her laptop, looked her school district superintendent in the eye, and uttered the words that froze her in her tracks – and have galvanized her into action ever since.
“You people are slowing me down.”
The superintendent, a member of...
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