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New Designs for School

The Teacher’s Role in a Student’s Independent Learning Journey

When independent learning is integrated with multiple modalities in a holistic personalized learning model, it can be much more than students on laptops.
Why Schools Need to Change

NGLC hosted two webinars on MyWays this week; Recordings now available

Get an overview of what NGLC's MyWays project offers and hear from educators who are using MyWays in their school redesigns.
Professional Learning

Students Design, Tinker, Create and Discover through Maker-based Learning

At the core of the maker movement and its signature festival events is a desire to design, tinker, create, and discover.
New Designs for School

Utica Community Schools

Digital Promise district creating a personalized learning culture

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New Designs for School

A Student’s Perspective: Some Truths About Real-World Learning

Ricky Sierra, a student at Da Vinci Extension, shares her experience in the innovative learning environment at Da Vinci Schools.
Reimagining Assessment

3 Ways Student-Led Assessment Improves Learning in Virginia

In 2016, 11 school districts across Virginia came together to with a single goal: transform assessments so that our students are more engaged in learning​.
New Designs for School

John C. Haines Elementary School

Project-based learning in a neighborhood district school

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New Designs for School

Three Perspectives on Personalization

When visiting schools and talking with other NGLC educators, Workshop School's Matt Riggan heard three distinct visions for personalization.
Reimagining Assessment

Cultivating Peer-to-Peer Feedback

Friday Focus Practitioner’s Guide to Next Gen Learning: Find ways to help students & adults strengthen their peer-to-peer feedback chops, a necessary skill for all learners.
New Designs for School

Lessons from The Voice: Fitting-Out is the New Fitting-In

​The big take away is that “fitting out” is the new “fitting in.” School designers and system reformers take note: it may be time for us to embrace this difference making truth.​