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New Designs for School

The Lecture-Less Classroom

Bell-to-bell instruction can be stressful for students and actually limit learning. Here's one strategy to reduce stress and help students be more productive.
Building Community

A Community Approach to Transform Your School: Apply for the Innovative Schools Learning Excursion

Mass.-based teams of educators, parents, students, community partners are invited to visit an innovative district in California. Apply by Jan. 24.
Why Schools Need to Change

Reimagining School with New Classrooms’ Chris Rush: “The Hole in the Middle”

A look at what drives New Classrooms Chief Program Officer to keep working to solve the persistent problem of unfinished learning in middle school.
Why Schools Need to Change

Telling Our Own Stories in School: My Name is Jaime

Names are powerful symbols of our identity. This is a tale of one Chicago educator's experience holding on to his name, his identity, and his culture in school.
Reimagining Assessment

Many Hats, One Purpose: How Moving Back to the Classroom Has Impacted My Instructional Leadership

A teacher reflects on her time with a statewide initiative to reconsider assessment, and how she now works to create a more humane, student-centered classroom.
Reimagining Assessment

Learning sessions just announced for Assessment for Learning Conference

Register now to join the dynamic assessment for learning community at these lively, hands-on learning sessions to fundamentally #RethinkAssessment together!
Professional Learning

Writing Not to Win But to Learn at Oakland Unified School District

OUSD turned the three steps a U.S. presidential candidate took in a famous speech into a tool to help students address multiple perspectives in their writing.
New Designs for School

Chicago Tech Academy: Walking the Talk for Real-World Learning

Real-world learning experiences for all students requires smart partnerships with local industry professionals, with advice from ChiTech staff.
New Designs for School

Learning and Loving Math: Creating a Schoolwide Math Culture

"I'm not a math person." This fixed mindset about math saturates our culture but Two Rivers Public Charter School provides a counternarrative for math learning.
Building Community

Teachers: How to Reconnect with Your Purpose for Teaching

3 simple, research-backed ways to help teachers reconnect with their purpose and combat burnout, from Project Wayfinder.