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New Designs for School

Personalizing Learning with Music and Art at Mountain View High School

To personalize learning at this Colorado high school, teachers are asked to become learners, take risks, and give students more voice, choice and ownership.
New Designs for School

Students before Content: The True Power of Relationships in the Classroom

By treating my students with kindness and respecting their voices, I’ve seen unprecedented levels of engagement and positivity in the classroom.
Reimagining Assessment

Formative Assessment and Online Learning: What Are Non-Negotiables for the New School Year?

​Three formative assessment teachers evaluate which aspects of their practice are non-negotiable as they ​prepare for online instruction in the new school year.​
New Designs for School

Empowering Students as Authors of their Own Education

Classrooms that integrate self-pacing and project-based learning are designed to empower students at the highest level.
Enabling Change

Prepare for What Comes Next: 3 Essential Factors of a School's Successful COVID Response

Distributive leadership, a collaborative culture, and student voice can keep students engaged and learning, even in the most challenging of times.
New Designs for School

Getting to “Real-Real:” Youth-Adult Partnerships to Solve Real Challenges

Students solve real challenges for the city of Burlington, empowered as citizens and community members, with a true voice to contribute.
Enabling Change

Why Listening to Students Matters in Education

When we involve students in decision-making, we foster a culture of participation, trust, and shared responsibility, leading to better academic, social, and emotional outcomes for all.
Why Schools Need to Change

How to Measure Success of a School Change Idea: Is It Working?

Iteration, student voice, and meaningful measures can help schools know if their ideas to improve learning are making a difference for students.
Designing for Equity

Designing for Equity

Next gen learning serves equity when it takes a cultural lens, values whole person development, and equips students and educators to address injustice.