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Building Community

Got Staff? Get Cultured! The Key Ingredients to Nurturing Adult Learning Communities

Schools can face the challenges in education today by creating the conditions that motivate and support educators with specific leadership characteristics.
New Designs for School

Personalized Learning in Social Science: Skills, Agency, and Relevance

Personalized learning looks different in high school electives than in core subjects like history, but the goals are the same.
Enabling Change

Building an Ecosystem of Support for Deeper Learning

Given the demands and distractions school and system leaders face daily, where should the leader start, to build a thriving ecosystem for deeper learning? A state chief offers 3 key areas of focus.
Professional Learning

Effective Summer Break Activities and Strategies for Students, Teachers, and School Districts to Prepare for Fall Classes

​Find out how students and teachers can balance rest and preparation this summer so they return to class rejuvenated and ready—and what districts can do in the meantime.
New Designs for School

Personalized Learning in Photography: Discovery, Innovation, and Growth

Personalized learning in a photography course comes through unique student work, but this teacher pushes for even more student ownership of learning.
New Designs for School

Communication Is Key

Students inventing solutions for community partners discover how communication brings joy, sparks ideas, and cultivates meaningful relationships.
New Designs for School

5 Tips for Implementing a Student-Paced, Mastery-Based, Blended Classroom

Teachers will continue to be frustrated that they can't meet the needs of all of their students until we reconsider the learning model in our schools.
Enabling Change

EMPOWERED! Re-Framing Growing Up for a New Generation, Part 1

Over the next 20 years, today’s young generation, empowered in a new, accomplishment-oriented way, will begin to make enormous positive change in the world.
Enabling Change

“Time does not heal all wounds…” A Call for Healing and System-Level Changes

​Schools can use 3 wellness and mental health strategies to support educators, students & families to heal from the trauma and stress of the past 2+ years.
New Designs for School

The Power of Personalized Learning in Math Education

As teachers and students personalize learning in high school math, they are changing mindsets about what the subject is all about.