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Why Schools Need to Change

What Learners Need to Thrive in a World of Change—MyWays

21st-century competencies require a thorough reimagining of the goals and processes that define our public schools. NGLC’s MyWays Project is here to help.
Professional Learning

Digital Badging: the Rise of Skillbuilding Recognition at EDUCAUSE

If you haven’t already earned a digital badge—or don’t know someone who has—you might be wondering what they’re all about. Digital badges are a highly visible way to document incremental, lifelong learning that can also be used to recognize professional engagement and achievements.
New Designs for School

NGLC releases profiles of latest grantees

These one-page snapshots provide a quick overview of each NGLC school/college and their plans for breakthrough change.
New Designs for School

In One Year, SC Turnaround School Pulls a Stunning 180

If 40,000 kids’ lives could be changed through education better tailored to their needs, would you believe it?
Technology Tools

Is Technology a Natural Enabler of Student Success?

Technology is already integral to students’ higher education experience, but is it a natural enabler of student success? In this post, learn how an innovation enabled by technology can fit with best practices for promoting student success.
Enabling Change

Top-down Resources vs. Grassroots Culture: Building Support for K-12 Next Gen Learning

Who is driving the interest in city-based school incubators and entrepreneurial strategies? What are the incentives? The Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools initiative seeks to answer these questions by strengthening local connections, and leveraging both local and national resources.
Reimagining Assessment

The Puzzle of the Macro in the Micro

If you're excited about micro credentials, it's important that you remember you may not be representative of the broader higher ed community--or its intended user base.
Reimagining Assessment

6 Ways to Make Collective Feedback Work in Classrooms

English teachers at Leadership Public Schools (LPS) faced a common question: how to give more, and better, feedback on writing in their classrooms?
Technology Tools

Active, Self-paced, Data-driven Learning Leads to Stronger Student Outcomes

Student success innovations that require active, self-paced, data-driven learning can lead to stronger outcomes.
Technology Tools

Advancing the Next Generation of Learning: ELI 2013

NGLC staff and grantees walked away from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting in Denver this week filled to the brim with new understanding about the work of next generation learning.