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Reimagining Assessment

Working to Broaden the Definition of Success with MyWays

Despite research revealing the importance of deeper learning we still place disproportionate efforts and emphasis on discrete skill development. Why?
New Designs for School

Chicago Schools Are Rethinking K-12 Staffing and Scheduling

Breakthrough Schools: Chicago offered school teams a workshop on extending the reach of great teachers and reimagining schedules to generate better, deeper, and different learning.
Technology Tools

Confessions of an EdTech Company: Learning to Learn

​Old computers or new tablets are only as powerful as the teachers and students who choose to use them.​
New Designs for School

Design Thinking, NGLC Style

Educators are devising new solutions to the most intractable problems in K-12 and higher ed—and design thinking puts students at the center of the process.
Enabling Change

Flex time: Schools break out of scheduling ruts

Education Dive, February 2018
Building Community

Finding and Telling Your Educator Story of Innovation

Sharing stories of innovation, progress, even failure can be an impactful way for educators to rally the support of their community & inspire others to redesign schools.
Technology Tools

Get More “Tech” from Your Learning Technologies

​To get the most from edtech, first identify your learning challenges and desired outcomes and then select the right learning technologies to make this happen.​
New Designs for School

Going Bold with Next Gen School Design: Measuring Attainment vs. Innovation

How to measure your current level of attainment along five elements of next gen school design and predict your future level of innovation.
Reimagining Assessment

How Do Next Generation Educators Measure Success?

​In an upcoming report, educators—who think daily about student & school success—share how they measure success, what tools they use, how they collect data, & what new approaches are needed.​
Designing for Equity

How Misconceptions About Competency Education Could Undermine Equity

​Miscommunication about pacing, standards & grading can lead to poor implementation, lower achievement & inequitable practices in competency-based education.​