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Professional Learning

Adults Need Space, Time, and Encouragement to be Lifelong Learners Too

Distinctive Schools is committed to deep, relevant, passionate, personalized learning for all learners ...including the adults!
Professional Learning

A Bird’s Eye View of Teaching & Learning: 2018 Will Be an Amazing Year

​When was the last time you asked somebody to make your work harder? At the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), we have the higher education teaching and learning community to thank for doing precisely that.​
Designing for Equity

Student-Centered: Empowering Señorita Maria as a Co-Creator

A young elementary school student helped teachers design learning experiences that were both interest-based and enriching for all learners.
Professional Learning

Student Success in a Fast-Evolving World at Loveland High School

Loveland HS teachers know that traditional teacher-directed classes won’t engage students or set them up for success in this fast-evolving world.
Reimagining Assessment

Teacher as Director: Four Questions to Promote Small Group Collaboration

You are likely to see students working in small groups in any classroom. Why do educators see small group collaboration as a model to facilitate learning?
Enabling Change

Overlooking Change Management Comes at a Steep Cost for Institutions: Exploring Design Thinking at the Diana G. Oblinger Innovation Forum

Considering change management alongside the design thinking process gives innovations a much better chance at succeeding.​
New Designs for School

3 Middle School Projects that Cultivate Skills Needed For Adulthood

To prepare students for the real world, Summit Learning places students in real-world scenarios. Students role play as architects, detectives, geoengineers, activists and beekeepers.
New Designs for School

It Takes a Village: Community Partnerships for Real-World Learning

Exploring school systems that are leveraging strong community partnerships to provide real-world learning to students in middle and high school.​
New Designs for School

​It Takes a Village: Talent Cities at Vista Unified

​Dropping out is not a high school problem; it’s a middle school problem. How do we hook students early and show that what they are learning is relevant?
New Designs for School

Talent Cities: A New Public-Private Partnership for Middle School

Vista Unified School District is transforming learning by making relevant connections to the world of work.