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New Designs for School

Solving the Iceberg Problem: Addressing Unfinished Learning in Middle School Math through Tailored Acceleration

Tailored acceleration allows each student to access the most efficient learning path to get to college and career readiness.
Designing for Equity

Student-Led IEPs: Realizing the Promise of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act

In student-led IEPs, students are active participants in creating their learning plan, providing opportunities to deepen their understanding of themselves.
New Designs for School

A Modern Computer Programming Classroom

With a self-paced, mastery-based instructional design, students in a HS coding course took initiative, coded high-quality programs, and taught others to code.
Building Community

7 Steps toward Schoolwide Implementation

An instructional coach worked with a school team on these 7 steps to support teachers as they shifted to self-paced, mastery-based learning.
New Designs for School

For There Is Always Light: Innovation in Arts Education

What can we learn from the innovative approaches to teaching and learning used by teachers of art and music during the pandemic?
New Designs for School

Empowering Students as Authors of their Own Education

Classrooms that integrate self-pacing and project-based learning are designed to empower students at the highest level.
Enabling Change

High Praise, Low Value: A Case against Teacher Appreciation

Teacher Appreciation Week brings lots of praise and promotional discounts, but what would it mean for teachers to be truly valued in their profession?
New Designs for School

A Path to Learning Recovery and Math Achievement

"Learning loss" is not a pandemic issue. One-size-fits-all assessment and accountability are inequitably exacerbating unfinished learning in math.
New Designs for School

Create a Learning Recovery Plan for Your Returning Students

Unfinished learning resulting from the pandemic exacerbated the decades-old challenge of summer learning loss. A plan for learning recovery should include these 6 components.
Reimagining Assessment

Grade Smarter, Not Harder: How Efficient Daily Grading Can Prevent Burnout

These 6 tips can help teachers prevent grading from piling up and give students the immediate feedback that helps them learn and improve.