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New England NextGen Personalized Learning Schools

19 district & 1 charter school in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont

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Piedmont City School District

Mastery-based learning in a rural district middle school

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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.
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Diving into Project-Based Learning

Ways to apply project-based learning in your classroom to help make learning deeper, more authentic, relevant, and personal.
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Hard to Do Well: Project-Based Learning and Authentic Learning Design

Authentic, holistic learning design is vital for developing the broader, deeper competencies students need in our increasingly complex and fast-changing world, but it's hard to do it well.
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Experts Weigh in on Competency-Based Education

Competency-based approaches to learning—where learning becomes stretched by pace and path—are a game-changer for schools focused on deeper learning outcomes.
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How Competency-based Learning Can Support Student Agency

When students design their own pathway, are free to fail/free to learn, and demonstrate mastery through self-directed assessment, student agency thrives.
Designing for Equity

Is Personalized Learning the Gateway for ALL K-12 Students to Attain Agency & Achievement?

Examining whether this new approach could hold significant promise for a variety of student populations, including special needs, ELL and gifted students.
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An Innovation Conversation in the Nation's Oldest School District

Two educators in Boston Public Schools discuss the challenges of—and possible solutions for—making the transition to an innovative school model.
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Professional Learning Sequences

The professional learning sequences in the equity in next gen learning toolkit build awareness of individuals' identity & privilege and the structures of power in classrooms & schools.