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Enabling Change

School Transformation in Three Broad Brush Strokes: Early, Personal and Relevant

At Vista Unified, school leaders acknowledge school transformation as a shift toward complexity, and embrace its implications on their educational program.
Reimagining Assessment

K-20 Series: Performance Assessment & College Admissions

Do the ways in which we assess students’ high school experiences today impact their eligibility for college? Leading education researchers believe we can do better.
Technology Tools

Improving Fraction Education

Twin Rivers Intermediate School's 4th grade teacher Ed Camic describes how SMALLab is improving 4th graders’ understanding of fractions.
Enabling Change

Factory Model Change Won't End the Era of Factory Model Schools

These innovative educators think they may know how to change away from factory model schools, and it isn't mandates and incentives.
New Designs for School

Personalized Learning Is a Mindset Not a Prescribed Model

Personalized learning is not a destination, it is a journey and mindset.​​ These educators can help get us on the right path.
New Designs for School

2 Pillars of Next Generation Schools: Communities of Learning Committed to Broader Outcomes for All

Two Rivers envisions school as a learning community where every participant--students, teachers, parents, school leaders--are learners with a common goal.
Professional Learning

Personalizing Adult Learning

By using four key culture shift levers, one Boston high school developed a system of effective personalized adult learning.
Technology Tools

Bridging the Wealth Gap with EdTech

The superintendent of Connellsville Area School District discusses the opportunity created by deploying embodied learning technologies to drive student outcomes.
New Designs for School

Building Empathy With Extreme Users in the Classroom With Design Thinking

A teacher's plan to glean strategies for success from students leads to a new way to co-create learning pathways with her students.
New Designs for School

Little Kids, Big Ideas: Inspiring Project-Based Learning

4 practices help teachers design meaningful project-based learning, revealing kids' hidden talents and genius, contributing to their community.