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A New World: VR and AR Tech Developments

Virtual reality and augmented reality technology has a long history. Recent progress in mobile technologies has opened the door to innovative headsets.
Designing for Equity

Reshaping Student Networks in K-20 Education

A student’s social and professional network is often left up to chance. But here's how educators are changing that.
Building Community

Scaling Personalized Learning at Distinctive Schools: Going Slow to Go Fast

Adopting personalized learning benefits from the lessons of early innovators, but investing the next group of educators in both planning and design is crucial.
Technology Tools

Beyond Test Scores, Measuring the Impact of SMALLab on Student Leadership

Bobtown Elementary School's SMALLab creates leadership opportunities for students that are often unseen at home or in the classroom.
New Designs for School

An Educator’s Guide to Learner Profiles for Students

As more educators work to replace factory-model schools with personalized, student-centered learning experiences, knowing students has taken on new meaning.
New Designs for School

PRESS RELEASE: NGLC Announces 7.2 Million in Grants to Help Launch 16 Personalized, Competency-Based Schools

$450,000 grants support new schools or redesigns in 10 states, to open this fall
Reimagining Assessment

Straight A’s Don’t Tell the Whole Story: In Support of K-12 Microcredentials

San Diego educators flip the script on college readiness with a K-12/university badging partnership​, providing legitimate signposts to students’ true skills.
Building Community

Educators Are Artists, Let's Act Like It!

The work of next generation learning in Colorado Springs School District 11 has some striking similarities to group painting excursions.
Enabling Change

Three Steps Toward Building Vista Unified's Three Brushstrokes

In 3 years, 100% of Vista Unified School District schools are transforming to Personal Learning pathways for all students. These 3 steps made it possible.
Reimagining Assessment

Assessment as an On-Ramp for Agency and Personalization

When reflection, relevance, and choice become core design principles for assessment, they are powerful on-ramps to student agency and personalized learning.