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New Designs for School

Teaching Kindergarteners Critical Thinking Skills: Lessons from Two Rivers Deeper Learning Cohort

The stories of two kindergarten teachers illustrate the power of providing an opportunity for 5 and 6 year-olds to think critically.
Reimagining Assessment

Learners’ Perspectives on Formative Assessment Culture

Four learners and their teacher emphasize the shared ownership of learning that is part of creating a culture that supports formative assessment.
Professional Learning

Student Voice in Teacher Professional Learning

​Teachers can study their content area, child development, and pedagogy, but students are the best "source" to really know if instruction is engaging.
New Designs for School

Using Gameboards in the Classroom

​A game board provides students with a road map to lead their own way through a lesson and take control of their learning.​
Building Community

Learning and Leading Together: The Growth of the Mentor Teacher

Mentoring in teaching is a powerful way to improve learning. Experienced mentor teachers offer 3 strategies for mentoring middle school students and teachers.
Reimagining Assessment

Graduate Profiles: A Promise We Can Keep?

Graduate profiles can become a powerful promise to young people when we consider the conditions driving student performance in and out of school.
Enabling Change

District Conditions for Scale: A Practical Guide to Scaling Personalized Learning

K-12 school districts should cultivate and align 10 conditions to support the scaling of personalized learning district-wide. The guide also includes three cross-cutting themes that serve as the connective tissue of the conditions: vision, culture, and transparency.

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Professional Learning

Educator PD Should Rock

This guide offers a framework for reimagining professional learning for educators ("because it's high time PD doesn't stink") and includes recommendation for making the shift from current teacher professional development practices to PD that is educator-driven, highly personalized, learn-by-doing, cohesive extended learning, job-embedded, highly collaborative, and emphasis on process, mindsets, and content.

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Professional Learning

Workforce Development at Scale: Connecting Boston Public Schools’ Teachers with the Industry Partners in their Backyard

The Boston Public Schools (BPS) Externship Program connects teachers with 21st-century jobs as workforce development training for student mentorship support.
Professional Learning

NGLC Advisory Council

Council members: Angela Perry, Anneliese Martinez, Caroline Hill, Jonathan Tiongco, Izzy Fitzgerald, and Ulcca Joshi Hansen