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Building Community

Storytelling for Stronger Communities and Deeper Learning

Learning to tell a better story about students and their learning might be the solution to some of the biggest challenges we face in K-12 education.
Enabling Change

Working Smarter, Not Harder, for Student Success

Playbooks help school leaders align systems to instructional priorities. Here’s how to create a playbook for elevating academic rigor in every classroom.
New Designs for School

Building Justice: Our Class Designed a School Justice System in Two Months

These students designed, advocated for, and set up a youth court as an alternative to their high school's traditional approach to discipline.
Professional Learning

A Revolution in Learning One Classroom, One Educator, One Child at a Time

Distinctive Schools and LEAP Innovations want to bring personalized learning design work back to the forefront of the national conversation about education. Find out why they believe we need to work together to create classrooms our students need.
Building Community

We're All In: When a Team of Students, Educators, Parents, Elected Officials and Community Partners Visit a High School Together

When a team from Franklin, New Hampshire visited Mission Vista High School in California, they had two big questions: What could we learn from them about how to do high school differently, and what could we learn about ourselves?
Why Schools Need to Change

Rethinking Education: Prioritizing Creativity and People over Grades and Rubrics

Why do students spend so much time solving problems that have already been solved? This student says it’s time to release students’ creativity and innovation in our classrooms.
Enabling Change

Why It’s OK for 17 Year Olds to Not Have a Plan for College, Career, and Life

Change is hard, for students, parents, and teachers alike. Is it fear, indifference, uncertainty? Or do we need to think about change in education differently?
Building Community

Boston Public School Partnerships: A Strength-Based Collaboration

School-community partnerships support whole-child learning and development when they tap into the unique strengths, interests, and passions of each partner.
Why Schools Need to Change

Portrait of a Graduate Podcast Series: "Introduction to Teaching" at Northern Cass

Listen to seniors talk about how Northern Cass's Intro to Teaching course has prepared them for future success. (6 minutes 30 seconds in length)

Next Generation Learning Challenges, Spring 2023