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New Designs for School

Vigorous Learning at Chipeta Elementary School

Chipeta Elementary is a school on a journey of change. The concept of rigor vs. vigor brings clarity to our purpose and our ensuing actions.
Designing for Equity

The Nature Gap and School Redesign at Boston Public Schools

​Intrepid Academy at Hale ​aims to change the ‘nature gap’ that today's urban and low-income students experience​, and it's showing promise.
Professional Learning

School’s Out for the Summer! Next Gen Educators Share Reflections on Learning

The end of the year is a natural time for educators to pause and reflect, with careful observation, analysis of practice, and experimentation with innovative ideas.
New Designs for School

Startup Weekend EDU D.C.: Next Gen Schools

At Startup Weekend EDU D.C., innovators are pitching ideas for next generation schools and drawing inspiration from pop-up diners and food trucks.
New Designs for School

Want Real Ed Reform? 5 Ways Students Should Be Included

If we are serious about providing each & every student a truly transformational 21st century education, we need to ask our students what they think should be done.
Building Community

Coming Together to Envision the Future of Learning

It’s time to move past the existing metaphor—the factory—for learning in schools. Here, next gen educators begin to tell the #NextEdStory.
Enabling Change

The Foundations of Next Generation Learning - Essential Resources

NGLC’s Sarah Luchs describes the field base and results of the school models in the NGLC network, particularly the Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools.
New Designs for School

What Does Deeper Learning Sound Like?

As Assessment for Learning Project educators rethink assessment, they are bumping up against some deeply ingrained assumptions about what learning really is.
Technology Tools

Increasing Teacher Engagement: Digital Resources for Algebraic Reasoning (Part 1)

Deborah Ives describes how Get the Math relates algebraic reasoning to the real world and how teachers can integrate the digital resource into their curriculum.
New Designs for School

NGLC’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me"

Real stories of launching and running personalized learning schools