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New Designs for School

Fayette County Public Schools: The STEAM Academy

Urban Fayette County Public Schools is designing and implementing this blended high school in partnership with the University of Kentucky so that students will graduate college and career ready and college and career experienced. District innovation waivers and UK’s P20 Innovation Lab create a supportive environment for student-paced, mastery-based, and problem-based experiential learning.
New Designs for School

KIPP Bay Area Schools: KIPP San Francisco College Preparatory

A new charter school, KIPP SF College Prep is the first KIPP high school in the nation to adopt blended learning. Aiming to serve as a model for financially sustainable, personalized learning for students of color and students from low-income families, the school prioritizes student-centered, self-paced learning and the teacher role shifts to a coach that guides students through a variety of learning experiences.
New Designs for School

Leadership Public Schools: Oakland R&D Campus

With this 9-12 school in Oakland, CA, Leadership Public Schools is expanding its role as “collaborative innovator,” working with teachers and students to design blended learning environments and tools that help lay the foundation for key skills, personalize learning, and promote 21st century thinking. While the learning structure is fixed, the actual content (not just digital) and tools may evolve from year to year as teachers test and evaluate open educational content or refine their needs.
New Designs for School

Lebanon School District: Lebanon High School

After positive results in a pilot year, this district adopted a station-rotation blended learning approach school-wide in its only high school in order to deliver a more student-centered education, help current teachers be more effective at meeting the individual needs of students, and create a more cost-effective school. Located in a small city in central Pennsylvania, the district intends to demonstrate that blended learning can be transformational in a mainstream school without additional costs or waivers.
New Designs for School

Profile: USC Hybrid High School

The goal of USC Hybrid High is to develop self-motivated and disciplined learners who are prepared to thrive at and graduate from top four-year universities, who will go on to use their college degrees to effect positive multigenerational change. Therefore, the school emphasizes a deep sense of purpose, mastery-based personalization, and developing the mindsets to thrive in college.
New Designs for School

Profile: Vertus Charter School

The academic model of this charter high school for boys in Rochester, New York has four pillars: 1) strong relationships, 2) personalized year-round academics, 3) character education, and 4) career preparation.
New Designs for School

Profile: The Workshop School

The Workshop School is a high school run in partnership between a nonprofit and the School District of Philadelphia. Projects rather than subjects drive the curriculum and the schedule, in which all students are expected to take at least two projects through four stages by the time they graduate. Three core principles of the school model are to put the work first, trust students to make decisions, and make the most out of failure.
Building Community

Lead Like an Education Punk Rocker

More than a music genre, punk rock was a social movement with some important lessons for education leaders working to create real, lasting change in schools.
Building Community

Getting Smart on Regional Next-Gen School Design

Authored by Sarah Luchs & Tom Vander Ark, and with support from NGLC staff and Getting Smart

Next generation schools are creating powerful learning opportunities for students. The Regional Next-Gen School Design blog series seeks to illuminate best practices and share the stories of six regional hubs for innovation through NGLC’s Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools. The publication highlights each of the six regions individually and shows the unique ways they are approaching the work, including best practices and lessons learned in order to incubate and support next-gen learning. NGLC Breakthrough Schools accelerate student outcomes and achievement through personalized, blended and/or competency-based learning.
Professional Learning

Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Teaching

Outlines the unique competencies educators need in order to create and thrive in effective personalized learning environments.