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Finding True North: A Joyful Learning Experience at Valor Collegiate Academy

Do you equate your work with joy on a daily basis? One charter school has created just that kind of environment—for its students and faculty.
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Competency-Based Education Approaches in K-12 Schools, Part One

A round up of tools and resources focused on competency-based education to help practitioners personalize learning for students, featuring Philadelphia School District's Building 21.
Professional Learning

Startup Teacher Education: A Fresh Take on Teacher Credentialing

By Thomas Arnett, Christensen Institute

As education reformers across the country are working to improve student outcomes at scale, many are focusing on improving the teaching force. This case study describes how three groups of charter management organizations—High Tech High in San Diego; Uncommon Schools, KIPP, and Achievement First in New York; and Match Education in Boston—created their own teacher certification and master’s degree programs after concluding that the teachers who graduate from most traditional teacher education programs lack the skills needed to teach successfully.
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Breakthrough Schools Chicago 2015 Cohort

16 Chicago Public Schools undergoing a complete transformation to sustainable 21st century school models

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Competency-Based Approaches in K-12 Schools, Part Two

NGLC grantee USC Hybrid High has committed its competency-based education model to a larger goal: positive multigenerational change.
Professional Learning

Digital Badging: the Rise of Skillbuilding Recognition at EDUCAUSE

If you haven’t already earned a digital badge—or don’t know someone who has—you might be wondering what they’re all about. Digital badges are a highly visible way to document incremental, lifelong learning that can also be used to recognize professional engagement and achievements.
Enabling Change

Building Ecosystem Excellence: New Orleans Celebrates Students, Teachers, Schools

Recognizing teachers' hard work and commitment is equally instrumental in building professional pride and community, and a pipeline of talented educators.
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K-12 Roundup of Tools and Resources: Protocols and Processes in Personalized Learning Classrooms

What new classroom protocols and processes are bubbling up in personalized learning environments? Find out in this insightful resource roundup.
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Lessons from The Voice: Fitting-Out is the New Fitting-In

​The big take away is that “fitting out” is the new “fitting in.” School designers and system reformers take note: it may be time for us to embrace this difference making truth.​
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Personalized & Competency-Based Approaches Shape Learning in Two New Philadelphia High Schools

At NGLC, we’re proud of our track record of investing in innovation wherever we find it. On a recent visit to two Philadelphia high schools, school leaders demonstrated how personalized, technology-enabled, and competency-based learning can flourish in varying contexts and communities.