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New Designs for School

A Trip to Cesar Chávez School in Back-of-the-Yards Chicago

I recently visited Chavez with a group of teachers from Washington, D.C. who are part of the CityBridge Foundation’s Teacher Innovation Fellowship.
Enabling Change

Taking Do the Math to High Schools

Leaders of the “Do the Math” project worked with Education Trust to redesign developmental math programs at three community colleges.
New Designs for School

The Road to College & Career

Readying students for college and career has been the focal point of K-12 education reform in recent years, and many new efforts feature technology in a starring role.
Reimagining Assessment

Reimagining Grantmaking as Collective Learning

Too often, K-12 education falls victim to "solutionitis." The Assessment for Learning Project is protecting against that with a learning agenda and self-reflection on what the field really needs when it comes to assessment practice.
Professional Learning

The Possibilities for Next Gen Professional Learning

NGLC and its partners in the Next Gen Professional Learning Project asked educators to share with us their use of and perspectives on next gen learning for teachers and this is what we learned.
New Designs for School

New Orleans Invests in College Readiness

This year, the city of New Orleans will graduate over 2,500 high school seniors—its largest class since Hurricane Katrina.
New Designs for School

(More) K-12 Tools & Resources: Competency-based Education

Today, I'm sharing even more great resources to complement the competency-based education tools & resources in my recent blogs. Come check them out!
New Designs for School

Dollars & Sense: Analyzing Financial Decisions in NGLC K-12 Breakthrough Model Schools

Is personalized learning meeting its productivity promise? The latest brief from the Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) examines the budgets, operations, and sustainability of 20 breakthrough model schools in search of answers.
Professional Learning

Crowdsourcing a Personal Learning Network: A Reading List

Many NGLC schools build quiet time for reading into the daily schedule for students; we need to give ourselves permission to create space and time within our own daily schedules for quiet learning.
Professional Learning

Crowdsourcing a Personal Learning Network

Personalize your professional learning: this summer, we polled NGLC school leaders and supporters of next gen learning to find the very best resources for you.