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Blended Learning Classroom Design at Merit Prep

How do you design a space for next gen learning? Merit Prep created classroom spaces that accommodate team-teaching within a flex blended learning model.
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Blended Learning Model Types of NGLC Breakthrough Schools

Next gen schools are incorporating blended learning models in order to personalize learning for students. But their choice of how to blend face-to-face and online learning depends on their mission, culture, and learning philosophy.
Why Schools Need to Change

Can Children Really Direct Their Own Learning?

Many question whether young children truly have the motivation to take responsibility for their own learning, especially with subjects they find hard or dislike.
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Can Physical Spaces Inspire Innovation?

A recently-released NGLC publication examines the facility, use of space, and physical environment at e3 Civic High in San Diego.
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Competency-Based Approaches in K-12 Schools, Part Two

NGLC grantee USC Hybrid High has committed its competency-based education model to a larger goal: positive multigenerational change.
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Competency-Based Education Approaches in K-12 Schools, Part One

A round up of tools and resources focused on competency-based education to help practitioners personalize learning for students, featuring Philadelphia School District's Building 21.
Enabling Change

Competency-Based Education Gains Momentum

CBE is serving students of all ages, grades and skill levels; this post explores existing collaborations or points of intersection between schools and academia.
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Competency-Based Learning in K-12 Schools

Find out how NGLC breakthrough schools adopt the design principle of Self-Pacing and Mastery-Based Credit so students move at their own optimal pace and receive credit when they demonstrate mastery.
Professional Learning

Design Thinking in Education: Practical Tools to Share!

An open-licensed Design Workbook supports professional learning that helps teachers use the design thinking process in their everyday work.
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Design Thinking Infiltrates K-12 Education

An emerging K-12 pedagogy, design thinking means coming up with practical, creative solutions to current problems, with the intent of an improved future result.