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Telling Your Story at CityBridge’s Summer Design Institute

How do you describe your new innovations? School designers share the coaching they got and practice their elevator pitch.
New Designs for School

Revisiting the Hypotheses Behind Next Gen Learning, Part II

What is the evidence base for next generation learning? Often, skeptics are looking for hard data on the efficacy of NGLC schools. Here is a response.
Professional Learning

Alternative Credential Adoption in Higher Ed

Whatever you might call them, various types of alternative credentials have gone mainstream in many areas outside of academia.
Professional Learning

5 Best Practices For Reimagining Professional Learning This Year

​How do we position aspiring next gen educators to be successful? Mirror next gen learning for students, position educators as agents of change, and enable educators to direct their learning.​
Professional Learning

Thrive's Next Gen Learning Symposium

120 educators from the greater San Diego area explored how next gen teaching practices make learning deeper and more meaningful in this kickoff to Thrive's Innovative Educator certificate program.
Why Schools Need to Change

A Transformational Vision for Education in the U.S.

A diverse group of educational practitioners, scholars, business people, parents, and advoates came together and create a vision of the future that could unite them.
Building Community

Next Gen Learning at Summit Basecamp

Reflections from a participant among the first cohort to participate in Summit Basecamp, a 2-week summer training for schools adopting the Personalized Learning Platform.
Enabling Change

Utilizing Special Revenue Funds for Innovative School Designs

Are you a K-12 educator or school leader aiming to fund a bold new school design? Does the mere mention of Title I, Title II and IDEA funding make your head spin? We’ve assembled a blog series just for you!
New Designs for School

Chicago Schools Are Rethinking K-12 Staffing and Scheduling

Breakthrough Schools: Chicago offered school teams a workshop on extending the reach of great teachers and reimagining schedules to generate better, deeper, and different learning.
Building Community

7 Roles of a Next Gen Learning Ecosystem

Partnerships can spur the growth of next gen learning in a community. Look for ways that these 7 roles can be fulfilled in your community to jump-start your own learning network.