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New Designs for School

New Orleans Invests in College Readiness

This year, the city of New Orleans will graduate over 2,500 high school seniors—its largest class since Hurricane Katrina.
New Designs for School

(More) K-12 Tools & Resources: Competency-based Education

Today, I'm sharing even more great resources to complement the competency-based education tools & resources in my recent blogs. Come check them out!
New Designs for School

Dollars & Sense: Analyzing Financial Decisions in NGLC K-12 Breakthrough Model Schools

Is personalized learning meeting its productivity promise? The latest brief from the Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) examines the budgets, operations, and sustainability of 20 breakthrough model schools in search of answers.
Professional Learning

Crowdsourcing a Personal Learning Network: A Reading List

Many NGLC schools build quiet time for reading into the daily schedule for students; we need to give ourselves permission to create space and time within our own daily schedules for quiet learning.
Professional Learning

Crowdsourcing a Personal Learning Network

Personalize your professional learning: this summer, we polled NGLC school leaders and supporters of next gen learning to find the very best resources for you.
Building Community

Crowdsourcing Learning in K-12

At last week’s consultancy in New England, NGLC convened 60 educators from across the country, who discussed critical topics in K-12 education and worked to answer big questions from two innovative Maine high schools.
Technology Tools

When Schools Design Their Own EdTech Platform

Matchbook Learning’s executive team, its school’s leadership team, and teachers and students all take part in designing Spark, says CTO Al Motley.
New Designs for School

What We Can Learn from Finland

Finland carved out its own pragmatic, steady path to extraordinarily high achievement​​. How did they do it?
Technology Tools

What is Learning in a Mixed Reality Environment and What Exactly is an “Embodied Lesson”

SMALLab Learning is creating immersive and engaging learning experiences for students by integrating mixed reality technologies with learning science.
New Designs for School

What Do Personalized Learning Schools Have in Common?

Just like one size doesn't work for all students, one size doesn't make sense for schools adopting personalized learning either. But they do share some common principles.