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Blended Learning

Stories and Media Coverage

What's all the buzz about? Find out what educators and the media are saying about the What Made Them So Prepared? project!
Enabling Change

Applying Lessons from Pandemic Prepared Schools

The critical factors that seemed to help schools weather the tumult of the last two years, identified through the Prepared Project, resonate with the Christensen Institute’s innovation theory.
Why Schools Need to Change

Reimagining Schools: The Need for Autonomy and Humanity

With these research-based practices, we can reimagine schools in both large and small ways to be the places teachers and students are saying they need to thrive.
New Designs for School

3 Lessons from Transforming My Classroom

From daily stress headaches to teaching that's once again manageable and enjoyable. Find out how this teacher turned around her professional practice with self-paced, mastery-based learning.
New Designs for School

5 Tips for Implementing a Student-Paced, Mastery-Based, Blended Classroom

Teachers will continue to be frustrated that they can't meet the needs of all of their students until we reconsider the learning model in our schools.
Enabling Change

“Time does not heal all wounds…” A Call for Healing and System-Level Changes

​Schools can use 3 wellness and mental health strategies to support educators, students & families to heal from the trauma and stress of the past 2+ years.
Reimagining Assessment

A Leveled Approach to Mastery-Based Grading

In mastery-based learning, how should teachers determine mastery? Find out how one teacher created a workable approach to assess learning in her classroom.
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.
Why Schools Need to Change

Why Transforming Public Education Is So Damn Hard

Our public schools mirror the ways our society works. Changing them means challenging long-accepted norms while holding on to the best of what works.
Building Community

Making Teaching Sustainable

Teaching will always be hard but there are steps school leaders can take to make teaching a more fulfilling and sustainable profession.