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New Designs for School

A Year in the Making: Lessons My New Year's Resolution Taught Me about Next Gen Learning

I wonder how and when was I encouraged to take risks at school and to learn by failing?
Why Schools Need to Change

Yes, We Can Define, Teach, and Assess Critical Thinking Skills

Critical thinking is a thing. We can define it; we can teach it; and we can assess it.
Professional Learning

Unstoppable PD

3 ideas for teacher professional development to prepare students for tomorrow in the context of a deeply historical societal problem: generational poverty.
Designing for Equity

Mo'olelo: Building a Culturally Responsive Framework for Assessment

This podcast shares the voices of students, educators, and others about a project that grounds assessment in the Hawaiian practice of mo'olelo (storytelling).
Enabling Change

Supporting Educators as Ambassadors for Mastery-based Learning

Classroom educators are the most visible—and powerful—ambassadors for next gen learning models to the broader school community.
Why Schools Need to Change

Why a High-Achieving School is Reinventing Itself

As a high achieving school in Colorado Springs, Chipeta Elementary embarked on school-wide change. Why? We can always do better.
Building Community

Six Next-Gen Learning Hubs: Assets, Partners, and Challenges

Six regions in the nation are infusing a new approach to education reform that iteratively but dramatically changes the way learning happens in schools.
Building Community

How to Bring Next Gen Learning to Your Community

If you would like to see more innovation in your local schools, these examples and useful resources can help you organize around next gen learning in your community.
Why Schools Need to Change

Please, No More Rigor!

The term "rigor" is misused in education. Let's retire this term that refers to a skill set that is decidedly 19th century.​
Designing for Equity

Leading and Designing for Equity in Oakland

Some bright and colorful blooms are emerging in the Oakland educational ecosystem through an intentional focus on equity.