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Reimagining Assessment

Designing Accountability into Daily Learning

Students can become more accountable for their learning when check-ins, grading, and feedback are built into the daily flow of class.
New Designs for School

Today’s Schools Need Research and Information Gathering Spaces

Spaces in innovative learning environments should encourage students and teachers to engage in investigative conversations, conduct peer reviews, develop research skills, and present their learning publicly.
Why Schools Need to Change

We Didn’t Wait for Perfect: Building a Rigorous, Student-Centered High School Program from the Ground Up

A small group of educators launched a new academic program in their district, without a full blueprint or a large grant, to help high school seniors get back on track for graduation.
New Designs for School

From Procedural to Conceptual: Reframing Math to Bolster Confidence

Math is the architect of the universe but it is often taught as a race to one right answer rather than an ability to tell stories about the natural world with numbers.
Why Schools Need to Change

Why Your Mental Health Curriculum Can’t Leave Student Athletes Behind

Whole-child learning initiatives are stronger when mental health education and social skills development are built into school athletics programs.
Technology Tools

Closing the Digital Design Divide by Strengthening Professional Learning Systems

SETDA’s new strategy guide can help schools and districts provide effective, ongoing professional learning to design instruction that uses edtech in transformative, student-centered ways.
Technology Tools

Beyond the Pencil: Using AI to Bridge the Gap for 2nd Grade Writers

Using AI through the lens of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can remove structural barriers of writing that get in the way of student expression and demonstration of learning.
Enabling Change

The Power of Co-Design: Why Youth Voice Is the Pulse of Innovation

School-community partnerships that have the greatest impact are those that invite students to co-design the programming and lead change efforts.
Designing for Equity

From Pockets of Excellence to Systemic Change: Why Collaboration Is the Future of Inclusive Education

Collaboration is key to make the systemic changes needed in K-12 education for students with disabilities and learning differences.
New Designs for School

Inside Schools and Beyond the Building: Authentic and Experiential Learning Spaces

Authentic and experiential learning can happen anywhere: outside of school, in a classroom or lab, or within common areas in a school.