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Reimagining Assessment

Straight A’s Don’t Tell the Whole Story: In Support of K-12 Microcredentials

San Diego educators flip the script on college readiness with a K-12/university badging partnership​, providing legitimate signposts to students’ true skills.
Why Schools Need to Change

Mindsets and the New Brain Science

Success doesn’t bring happiness. Happiness brings success and it’s possible for schools to foster optimism and social support and help students manage stress.
Designing for Equity

Vista Unified’s P-3 Continuum: Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Opens

Vista Unified is expanding early education supports through the design of a prenatal-to-grade-three pathway, a P-3 continuum.
Enabling Change

Mighty in Presence: The Teacher Innovator at Work

Teacher Christina Classen in Colorado Springs is a champion for innovation​ at her school.
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!
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.
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.
Technology Tools

6 Implications of the Next-Generation Digital Learning Environments (NGDLE) Framework

In the year since EDUCAUSE published a report on the NGDLE, there is growing support within the higher ed teaching and learning community for learning environments to be based on component architecture. Here are six implications of that approach.
Technology Tools

7 Ways to Use Tech to Improve College Student Success

The reality we face in higher education today invites different approaches to promote student success. In this infographic, find out seven ways you can improve the odds using tech.
Why Schools Need to Change

What Learners Need to Thrive in a World of Change—MyWays

21st-century competencies require a thorough reimagining of the goals and processes that define our public schools. NGLC’s MyWays Project is here to help.