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The Potential of Games and Simulations in Higher Education

Digital games have potential as a higher education learning environment. NGLC project simSchool seeks to realize that potential by providing a “flight simulator for teachers.
Why Schools Need to Change

The Practical Value of a Liberal Education

University of New England Provost James Koelbl argues that skills learned from a broad liberal education are linked to success in any career and in life.
Reimagining Assessment

Preparing Students for Competency-Based Hiring

Transcripts have historically been the official record for what a student has learned in college, but do not provide the details employers need to understand regarding what a student knows and can do on the job.
New Designs for School

Putting the "Breakthrough" in Breakthrough Model Schools

Today, NGLC announces eight new recipients of $450,000 breakthrough school model launch grants and 30 recipients of $100,000 planning grants. There's a lot to observe about these varied and enormously promising school designs, but at some level, this is the most important: Each of the 38 applications makes you think, "Ooh! I want my kid to go to THAT school!"
New Designs for School

RETHINK: Planning and Designing for K-12 Next Generation Learning

This flexible and dynamic toolkit developed by iNACOL and NGLC can help you manage change and connect with experts to design next gen learning.
Technology Tools

RioAchieve: Using Technology to Increase Retention & Completion at Scale

As student-to-advisor ratios grow, how can high touch advising and mentoring be sustainable?​
Technology Tools

Salesforce.com’s CRM system becomes a 21st century LMS

If you’ve taken or have taught postsecondary courses in the past 15 years, you’ve likely encountered the LMS – at College for America, it’s taken on a new form.
Reimagining Assessment

Should Teachers Share Formative Assessment Results in the Classroom?

Automatically graded assessments can give the student immediate feedback. And can be shared with the entire class. But should teachers share, or not?
Building Community

Highlights from the High Country: The Colorado Convening

​Seven key insights about the work of transforming learning from regional network leaders.​
Technology Tools

A Shout Out for Learning Technology’s Role in Middle School Student Achievement

Three practices to use Common Core-aligned learning technologies successfully.