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New Designs for School

From Teacher to Teammate: Real-World Projects Challenge Students and Teachers Alike

Through community-based projects, students learn to use design thinking to solve problems, address community needs, and make an impact and teachers become partners.
Designing for Equity

Key Strategies for Empowering Long-Term English Learners

Long-term English learners are often given too much or too little support because of their strong social English but gaps in advanced academic language. Here are some strategies for better serving LTELs.
New Designs for School

Teaching Computational Thinking for AI Literacy & Data Science Skills

Computational thinking routines teach concepts like abstraction, decomposition, and algorithms—across the curriculum—building a foundation for AI literacy and data science.
New Designs for School

The Anatomy of a Math Skill

By breaking down math skills into procedural, conceptual, and applied understanding, we can better see the connections between skills and what it takes for students to authentically learn them.
Building Community

In the Age of AI, Go Human!

Are we building toward a future where technology amplifies our humanity, or one where it quietly replaces it?
New Designs for School

Beyond the Classroom: How High School LAUNCHed My Path in College

A college senior reflects on a project-based career exploration program in high school and the lessons it offers K-12 educators about learning and student success.
New Designs for School

Next Gen Spaces for Whole Class Teaching and Learning

In large, flexible spaces for group learning, teachers balance the needs of individual students with the dynamics of the large group.
Designing for Equity

Create Inclusive, Thriving Learning Environments for Students with Special Education Needs

Next gen learning can shift the educational purpose for students with disabilities from merely achieving minimal benchmarks to actively cultivating excellence.
New Designs for School

Data-Informed Instruction: A Formula for Success

Quick formative assessments provide this math teacher with real-time data to organize small groups for their station rotation blended learning classroom.
Professional Learning

Investing in Our Core: Three Ways Intentionality Drives Staff Retention

When staff feel seen, respected, and clear about their purpose, they stay, they grow, and they pour their best into our schools, so each student can thrive.