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Personalized learning

Reimagining Assessment

Interest Driven Assessment Practices that Lead to Personal and Unique Performances by Learners

Student interest is a motivator and personalization increases access, but how can educators find time and energy to personalize opportunities for assessment?
New Designs for School

Three Ways Music Educators Foster Learning for Life

Music educators on NAfME's Innovations Council recommend these three practices to promote students' creativity and whole human development.
New Designs for School

The Lecture-Less Classroom

Bell-to-bell instruction can be stressful for students and actually limit learning. Here's one strategy to reduce stress and help students be more productive.
New Designs for School

Students before Content: The True Power of Relationships in the Classroom

By treating my students with kindness and respecting their voices, I’ve seen unprecedented levels of engagement and positivity in the classroom.
Building Community

6 Massachusetts teams head to California with the NGLC Innovative Schools Learning Excursion

​Selected in a competitive process, the 6 school teams will inspire and engage diverse stakeholders in creating a new vision for teaching and learning.​
New Designs for School

Using Gameboards in the Classroom

​A game board provides students with a road map to lead their own way through a lesson and take control of their learning.​
New Designs for School

A Pandemic-Proof Approach to Teaching

Coronavirus may close our school, but it will never stop my students from learning.
New Designs for School

My Secret Weapon for Distance Learning: Accountable, Self-Paced, Mastery-Based Instruction

These 4 strategies for measuring—and increasing—student engagement during distance learning build on accountable, self-paced, mastery-based learning experiences.
New Designs for School

The Elementary Years: Prime Time for Blended Learning

A 4th grade teaching team adopts blended learning to better meet the needs of their learners, offering classroom strategies for elementary educators.
Designing for Equity

Building for Equity: A Guide for Inclusive School Redesign

Building for Equity is a practical guide that brings culturally-responsive teaching, social justice, and critical pedagogy to the fore, so that we are not only talking about equity, we’re building it. This guide provides practical, innovative best practices that walk teachers through the redesign process to create equitable learning experiences that fit their school's context. The Building for Equity guide weaves together the personal learning and design principles that drive sustainable, equitable school change, along with a slate of useful tools.

Center for Collaborative Education, February 2020