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Reimagining Assessment

3 Powerful Examples of School Districts Using Capstones and Portfolios

Colorado's graduation guidelines offer options including performance-based demonstrations of college and career readiness such as portfolios and capstoness.
New Designs for School

Boston’s Innovative Approach to Reconnecting High School Dropouts

The district is reconnecting high school dropouts by focusing on life goals, academic gaps, social-emotional challenges, and personal commitments.
Designing for Equity

Street Data: A New Grammar for Educational Equity

Whose voices are included, tokenized, and silenced as we address equity in our schools? Experiment with the strategic use of "street data" to be more inclusive.
Building Community

Why (and How) I Teach This Way: An Educator Talks about Project-Based Learning

An educator at San Diego's High Tech High shares the why's and how's of project-based learning in his Humanities classroom.
Technology Tools

Different Paths to the Same Goal: College and Career Readiness

Two studies of Teach to One: Math highlight the tension between grade-level-based accountability and more personalized math instruction.
New Designs for School

Transforming High School by Engaging Students in Co-Creating Powerful and Purposeful Learning Experiences

As teachers at Vista HS co-create learning experiences with students, students remind them they need to feel connected to their teacher in order to learn.
Building Community

5 Steps for Leading Schools with Emotional Intelligence and Accountability

Two Rivers Public Charter School staff drive mutual accountability with an emotional intelligence framework, improving results and strengthening relationships.
Building Community

3 Fundamentals of Teacher Collaboration in Personalized Learning

A strong start, clear boundaries, and deliberate reflection are key in creating a culture of collaboration for teachers.
Enabling Change

Protect Your Investment in Innovation: Engage in Change Management

When a school rethinks programs, adopts tech, or changes curriculum, these are sizable, important investments in change.
New Designs for School

Designing Rich (Math) Projects That Inspire

What if you start a unit with the most interesting math problem and then help students develop the skills to solve it?