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Reimagining Assessment

ALP Request for Learning Supporting Materials

This document provides additional details about applicant & application requirements for the Assessment for Learning Project Request for Learning (now closed) and provide supporting materials to help applicants better understand related concepts and definitions in order to formulate a competitive submission.
New Designs for School

Next Generation K-12: 10 Implications for HigherEd

A growing number of next generation models in K-12 are a result of new thinking about learning design and deeper understandings of college and career readiness.
Reimagining Assessment

Standards of Learning Innovation Committee: 2015 Report Executive Summary

Statement of principles and recommendations from the Standards of Learning Innovation Committee in Virginia
Why Schools Need to Change

Nā Hopena A‘o Statements HĀ: BREATH

Nā Hopena A‘o or HĀ are six outcomes to be strengthened in every student over the course of their K-12 learning journey. The outcomes include a sense of Belonging, Responsibility, Excellence, Aloha, Total Wellbeing and Hawai‘i. When taken together, these outcomes become the core BREATH that can be drawn on for strength and stability through out school and beyond.
New Designs for School

Evaluating Student Success in Online Programs: DETA to fund research-focused grants

​After 15+ years in the higher ed market, online learning has entered a new stage of maturity: one that has given rise to rigorous studies on both effective course and institutional practices.​
New Designs for School

Continued Progress: Promising Evidence on Personalized Learning

A study of 62 personalized learning schools, including NGLC schools, show student achievement gains in math & ELA. The report also details practices used in schools.
Enabling Change

7 Things to Know About Leading Academic Transformation

Higher ed continues to be under great pressure to change, especially with respect to teaching and learning. This pressure presents itself in two ways: the degree of change and the tempo of change. Higher education is inexperienced with both, which means that cultural issues are sure to be part of any exercise in academic transformation.
Building Community

Inspiration and the Right People @ iNACOL 2015

"Transforming education cannot be done to people, or for people, but must be done by people." -Gisele Huff
Professional Learning

Transform Teaching by Transforming Schools

A new report identifies 3 problems facing the teaching profession. Interestingly, regional school design efforts are working toward solutions.
Technology Tools

Personalized Learning Technologies and Platforms

Two personalized learning school leaders answer tough questions related to building platforms to support personalized learning and innovative school models and the impact of their work on the field at large.