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Professional Learning

Top 10 Blogs about K-12 Next Gen Learning

As the newest member of the NGLC K-12 team, I wondered which blogs our grantees and staff considered the best blogs about next gen learning…these blogs topped the list.
Why Schools Need to Change

The Do’s and Don’ts of Reimagining Middle School

Lovett Elementary in Chicago is reimagining school and it's working. Reading and math scores have grown. Find out how.
Technology Tools

Open Learning Objectives

OpenEd and the Learning Accelerator have partnered to create a list of open learning objectives. Learn how you can use them and support the effort.
Enabling Change

Top-down Resources vs. Grassroots Culture: Building Support for K-12 Next Gen Learning

Who is driving the interest in city-based school incubators and entrepreneurial strategies? What are the incentives? The Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools initiative seeks to answer these questions by strengthening local connections, and leveraging both local and national resources.
New Designs for School

5 Lessons from Implementing Personal Learning

The transformation to Personal Learning at Vista Unified has been guided by the work of pedagogy experts, Allison Zmuda and Bena Kallick.
Reimagining Assessment

5 Ways that Higher Ed Learning Assessment is Changing

You can still find college courses in which the only direct feedback that a student gets comes from exams and papers; yet, if you look closely, you'll find many faculty members who do much more than that, and that number is growing.
New Designs for School

Profiles of Breakthrough Schools D.C. Round 2 Grantees

The features of new model designs for Cleveland Elementary, DC International, Mundo Verde, Sustainable Futures, Thurgood Marshall Academy, and Two Rivers.

CityBridge Education, 2014
New Designs for School

Student Goal Setting

No real personalized learning model can flourish without student goal setting as a foundational activity. Here’s why.
New Designs for School

School Design Blueprint: Roosevelt Middle School

The School Design Blueprint is a design document that outlines the school’s plan for transforming its current school model to one that better serves the unique needs of every student. The blueprint is structured to answer four main design questions:

  1. What is our theory of action for solving our greatest systemic challenges?
  2. What will the future student experience look like when we succeed?
  3. What will we implement next year that gets us closer to our long-term vision?
  4. How will we continuously roll out new features of our model and engage stakeholders in the work over time?
New Designs for School

Profile: Columbia Heights

This school's redesigned model will dramatically change the structure and flow of the school day. A Personalized Education Platform assesses proficiency in real time, helping teachers finesse instruction and students identify individual areas of focus