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Building Community

Crowdsourcing Learning in K-12

At last week’s consultancy in New England, NGLC convened 60 educators from across the country, who discussed critical topics in K-12 education and worked to answer big questions from two innovative Maine high schools.
Technology Tools

When Schools Design Their Own EdTech Platform

Matchbook Learning’s executive team, its school’s leadership team, and teachers and students all take part in designing Spark, says CTO Al Motley.
New Designs for School

What We Can Learn from Finland

Finland carved out its own pragmatic, steady path to extraordinarily high achievement​​. How did they do it?
Technology Tools

What is Learning in a Mixed Reality Environment and What Exactly is an “Embodied Lesson”

SMALLab Learning is creating immersive and engaging learning experiences for students by integrating mixed reality technologies with learning science.
New Designs for School

What Do Personalized Learning Schools Have in Common?

Just like one size doesn't work for all students, one size doesn't make sense for schools adopting personalized learning either. But they do share some common principles.
Why Schools Need to Change

Welcome to the Sandbox

Colleges and universities remain unchanged, not because they are unaware of a changing academic terrain or lack of desire, but because they are incapable of innovations that deviate from how they do it today.
New Designs for School

Vista Unified Sets Sights on Personal Learning 2.0: Powerful Performance Frameworks

When over 50% of its schools opted to actively engage in the "Personal Learning Challenge," Vista Unified began transforming how the district itself operated.
Professional Learning

Training Teachers for Competency-Based Learning Classrooms

Matchbook Learning has learned that training teachers on competency-based models requires three design principles: form, motivation, evidence.
Professional Learning

Top 10 Blogs about K-12 Next Gen Learning

As the newest member of the NGLC K-12 team, I wondered which blogs our grantees and staff considered the best blogs about next gen learning…these blogs topped the list.
Professional Learning

Teacher PD: The Achilles Heel of Personalized, Next Gen Learning

If the teachers aren’t experiencing next gen learning… their students sure won’t, either. Clear enough. It’s time to make it happen, for all of the nation’s teachers on behalf of the learners they serve.