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Reimagining Assessment

Students as Innovators and Co-Creators at Del Lago Academy

How student voice and choice continue to shape Competency X, Del Lago Academy's innovative approach to assessment through badging.
New Designs for School

Analysis of Personalized Learning Programs in Chicago Shows That Strong Teacher Leaders, Not Technology, Key for Financial Sustainability

The 74 Million, February 2018
New Designs for School

Rethinking grade levels and school design for personalized learning

Hechinger Report, February 2018
Reimagining Assessment

The Virtues and Vices of Portfolio Assessment

A portfolio lends itself naturally to assessment, whose aim is to collect evidence to answer a question about learning or performance.
Reimagining Assessment

Rethinking the achievement gap (Part 2)

How we define achievement impacts the way we see gaps between poor children of color and their more advantaged peers. Is there a critical thinking gap?
Designing for Equity

Rethinking the Achievement Gap (Part 3)

For those of us committed to educating disadvantaged kids, the skill set we need to help them develop goes way beyond reading and math: we need to teach them how to navigate and negotiate a world that is hostile to their very existence.
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

5 reasons why you should participate in #NGLCchat

#NGLCchat focused on trending topics in personalized learning such as blended learning, student agency, and competency-based education. Here are 5 reasons to attend​​​.
Professional Learning

5 Takeaways from the #NGLCchat on Schedules, Staffing, and Space

​The most recent #NGLCchat on schedules, staffing, and space drew an audience of next gen experts, practioners, administers, and philanthropists. ​
New Designs for School

Taking a Risk with Authentic Learning at Boston International Newcomers Academy

Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA) is trailblazing new learning environments in Boston Public Schools.