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Professional Learning

Learning to Teach by Listening to Students

In this excerpt from the recently released book, Sparks Into Fire, author Young Whan Choi relates a story of how one student's question shaped his growth as a teacher.
New Designs for School

3 Ways to Bring the Magic of Summer Camp to Your Classroom

Explore three simple ways to bring the the joy, nature, and creativity of summer camp into classrooms to empower students with skills in collaboration, critical thinking, and communication.
Building Community

Losing a Leg, Gaining an Ally: NGLC Bids a Fond Farewell to Stef Blouin

After nine years with NGLC, senior program officer Stefanie Blouin is taking her generosity, courage, talent, and deep commitment to transform learning into her new role at Springpoint Schools.
Reimagining Assessment

A Leveled Approach to Mastery-Based Grading

In mastery-based learning, how should teachers determine mastery? Find out how one teacher created a workable approach to assess learning in her classroom.
Enabling Change

Partnering with Families for Learner Success and Wellbeing

Vista Unified helps families through school, one student at a time. They attribute their success to love and care and, simply, relationships above all.
Why Schools Need to Change

School Was My Safe Place: Prioritizing Safety for Learning

School leaders and educators can use a number of strategies to cultivate safe spaces for learning and healing from trauma in their schools and classrooms.
Enabling Change

Re-Framing Where Young People Will Live, Part 1

The cloud is becoming more and more important to how we live our lives and as real to young people as what they experience in the physical world on Earth.
New Designs for School

6 Teacher Practices for Student Engagement, STEM Identity, and Innovation

These 6 teacher practices support 21st-century skills, increase student engagement & inspire innovation. Find out what they look & sound like in any classroom.
Why Schools Need to Change

Mentoring Students through Community Partnerships

Community partners can provide students with guidance and insight, community connection, leadership skills, and more through mentorship programs.
New Designs for School

Challenge Accepted: Taking on the Challenges in K-12 Education, Together

Let's celebrate the stories, the voices, and the field-building practices of the Next Generation Learning Challenges community that speak to our collective work on the complex challenges in education today.