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Enabling Change

Are You a Change Leader or a Change Manager?

As leaders, we are often called upon to address change. I wanted to understand the distinction between managing change and leading it.
New Designs for School

Top 6 Themes of the “Friday Focus” Practitioner’s Guide to Next Gen Learning

The insights, surprises, challenges, collective hardships, and joys of next gen learning practice this year will shape how innovation in K-12 continues in the years to come.
New Designs for School

Get More Traction for Your Awesome Universal Design for Learning Program, Part I

Are you aware of the common misconceptions about Universal Design for Learning? This post just might challenge your thinking on the topic.
New Designs for School

Get More Traction for Your Awesome Universal Design for Learning Program, Part II

​This second post in Tobin's series explains why UDL isn't equivalent to providing accommodations, and it isn't only a focus for faculty members.​
Professional Learning

It’s a New Year for Next Gen Personalized Learning

By sharing a lesson we’re taking with us into 2017, NGLC hopes your new year is filled with magic, innovation, and relentless learning: for your students and yourselves.
New Designs for School

When Projects Are Personalized, Learning Is Social

Project-based learning doesn't have to be at the expense of learning basic skills and content knowledge. Here are 3 instructional approaches to do both.
New Designs for School

How Can Today’s Classrooms and Schools Become Inclusive Learning Environments?

A 'Student Bill of Rights' and 'Student Success Ladder' set the stage for an inclusive learning environment that values student voice at Minarets High School in California.
Professional Learning

Learning Excursions

Giving teachers personalized professional learning authentically enables next gen personalized learning for students. We look at an example of this with a recent "learning excursion" to San Diego schools.
Why Schools Need to Change

21st Century Learning and the Educational Rights of Students

All students should have access to a 21st century education. It's an inalienable right & the only way to truly transform education for all.
Reimagining Assessment

Cultivating Peer-to-Peer Feedback

Friday Focus Practitioner’s Guide to Next Gen Learning: Find ways to help students & adults strengthen their peer-to-peer feedback chops, a necessary skill for all learners.