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Building Community

Pipelines, Shortages, and Workforces: Why Do We Still Think of Teachers as Workers on an Assembly Line?

The terms “teacher pipelines,” “teacher shortages,” and “teacher workforce” reflect assumptions about the teaching profession that hide the systemic challenges behind teacher recruitment and retention.
Building Community

Fare Thee Well, NGLC Learning Officer (and Sir Gawain Devotee) Amanda Avallone!

Amanda Avallone knows what it looks like when schools genuinely serve the young people in their care, and we celebrate her contributions to the NGLC community upon her retirement.
Enabling Change

Students as Stakeholders and Co-Designers

In many ways, students are seen as primary stakeholders in Vista Unified School District’s work to transform learning for equity and lifelong success.
Professional Learning

Learning to Teach by Listening to Students

In this excerpt from the recently released book, Sparks Into Fire, author Young Whan Choi relates a story of how one student's question shaped his growth as a teacher.
New Designs for School

3 Ways to Bring the Magic of Summer Camp to Your Classroom

Explore three simple ways to bring the the joy, nature, and creativity of summer camp into classrooms to empower students with skills in collaboration, critical thinking, and communication.
Building Community

Losing a Leg, Gaining an Ally: NGLC Bids a Fond Farewell to Stef Blouin

After nine years with NGLC, senior program officer Stefanie Blouin is taking her generosity, courage, talent, and deep commitment to transform learning into her new role at Springpoint Schools.
New Designs for School

Challenge Accepted: Taking on the Challenges in K-12 Education, Together

Let's celebrate the stories, the voices, and the field-building practices of the Next Generation Learning Challenges community that speak to our collective work on the complex challenges in education today.
Building Community

The Most Important Word of the 2020s (and Maybe, the Millennium)

This word explains why collaboration, relationships, and shared purpose lead to growth, excellence, and promise, in education and beyond.
Professional Learning

Lamoille South Visits Vista Unified with NGLC Learning Excursions

A diverse team of partners from Lamoille South Unified Union in Vermont joined the NGLC Learning Excursion to Vista Unified in California to explore what's possible in learning and student success.
Designing for Equity

The Need for Advocacy: AP African American Studies Class

A student describes why she advocated for her school to offer the new AP African American Studies course and how she worked with school administrators and others to make it happen.