Search Results

New Designs for School

Celebrating XQ Super Schools with NGLC Roots: Powderhouse Studios

With a new $10M grant, Powderhouse Studios is reshaping the future of high school. Learn about its history of innovative, personalized learning school design.
New Designs for School

Personalized & Competency-Based Approaches Shape Learning in Two New Philadelphia High Schools

At NGLC, we’re proud of our track record of investing in innovation wherever we find it. On a recent visit to two Philadelphia high schools, school leaders demonstrated how personalized, technology-enabled, and competency-based learning can flourish in varying contexts and communities.
New Designs for School

Does School Status Affect Financial Planning?

Innovative educators around the country are working toward the creation of personalized learning environments in their schools.
Technology Tools

Edison, the Science of Sustainability, and the Value of Invalidation

This blog is the fourth in a series of posts reflecting on a recent gathering of Wave II grantees.
New Designs for School

Educator Entrepreneurs: Big Decisions & Strategies for Success

Six Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools ‘harbormasters’ will be investing in local efforts to spur long-term change. How will they approach big decisions about talent sourcing, school culture and new approaches?
New Designs for School

Educators and School Developers: Challenges, Lessons Learned, & Success Stories

What excites our grant recipients, and what keeps them up at night? We asked, and our grant recipients answered.
Designing for Equity

Equity in Next Generation Learning

Over the past year, the NGLC network has explored what equity means in the context of next gen learning. Here’s what’s emerging from this personal & professional exercise.
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

Exceptional Ideas and Practical Solutions for Next Gen Learning in K-12 Schools

Reimagining how students learn involves tackling a multidimensional challenge head-on. Here's how 13 schools across the country are doing just that.
New Designs for School

Exploring the Potential of Competency-Based Education

EDUCAUSE and NGLC present the second annual Breakthrough Models Incubator.