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Professional Learning

Distinctive Schools Educators Learning, Designing, and Leading Together

Distinctive Schools teachers join design teams to provide expertise and critical feedback to strengthen solutions to shared problems of practice.
Building Community

Teachers as the Drivers of Change

When we increase student voice and choice in learning, we must also increase teacher voice and choice in curriculum, instruction, school operations, and PD.
Professional Learning

Teacher Onboarding: A Problem of Practice Series

This collection examines teacher onboarding for next gen, blended learning, why it is important and what the research says. It offers actionable solutions, resources, and real-world examples of how others have succeeded. Specific topics include communicating the purpose and vision of the innovative model, preparing teachers to be successful in the innovative model, and ensuring teachers understand and engage with the communities they serve.

The Learning Accelerator
New Designs for School

Personalizing the Path for Children of Military Families

Children of military families often change schools mid-year. Personalized instruction can keep their learning on track to graduation.
Professional Learning

How Coaches Can Help Teachers Provide Deeper Learning Online

COVID-19 has caused schools to question many assumptions. A teacher coach re-evaluates how coaching helps teachers focus on what really matters.
Reimagining Assessment

When the "Iceberg Problem Really Hits Hard:" NOLA Educators Talk Policy, COVID, and Learning Loss

Learning loss and unfinished learning is common in middle school and especially problematic in math. And that was a big deal before COVID.
New Designs for School

The Power of Student Choice in Remote Learning

The pandemic stripped students and teachers of a sense of control. Schools can give power and control back to students through meaningful choice.
New Designs for School

Blackstone Academy Charter School 9th Grade Experience: A Podcast

The academic model at Blackstone Academy Charter School in Rhode Island focuses not only on what students learn but also on who they are and how they act in the world. In this 6-minute podcast, ninth grade dean and science teacher John Horton talks about the ninth grade experience at Blackstone Academy. This podcast was prepared to support a virtual Learning Excursion for school teams of diverse stakeholders to learn more about Blackstone Academy and become inspired to redesign their own high schools.

Next Generation Learning Challenges, August 2021
Enabling Change

Three Schools that Found the COVID-19 Pandemic to Be “Business as Usual”

During the pandemic, 3 learner-centered schools doubled down on relationships and the conditions each child needed to thrive.
New Designs for School

The Power of Local Networks

In this video, Chicago changemakers Phyllis Lockett and Amy Huang offer their perspective on Breakthrough Schools: Chicago, a NGLC Regional Funds grant challenge led by LEAP Innovations.