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New Designs for School

America's Edu Power Couple On Balancing Innovation and Execution

Brooklyn LAB’s founders are featured in this article and podcast by Tom Vander Ark.
Building Community

Scaling Personalized Learning: Questions of Equity and the Role of Micro-Credentials

Scaling personalized learning to benefit more students in more schools doesn’t happen by adopting a school model like a recipe. Personalized learning often scales best by invitation.
New Designs for School

Defining Personalization: Students As Agents and Teachers As Coaches

3 school examples show that personalization is most effective when students become active agents involved in determining what and how they learn.
New Designs for School

In a Wildly Changing World, A School Hits Reset

One Day Magazine takes an in-depth look at the design of Achievement First Greenfield and the change process behind it.
New Designs for School

Rethinking Use of Space and Time for Next Generation Schools

An EducationNext article points to the advice and school examples in a toolkit co-published by NGLC.
New Designs for School

What Do Personalized Learning Schools Have in Common?

Just like one size doesn't work for all students, one size doesn't make sense for schools adopting personalized learning either. But they do share some common principles.
New Designs for School

Vista Unified Sets Sights on Personal Learning 2.0: Powerful Performance Frameworks

When over 50% of its schools opted to actively engage in the "Personal Learning Challenge," Vista Unified began transforming how the district itself operated.
Designing for Equity

Getting to Equity through the Unique Gifts of Learners

Equity means honoring the unique qualities of each student, not expecting all students to do the same things.
Why Schools Need to Change

Embracing Real-World Work as Bona Fide Learning Experience

Some colleges and university systems are exploring alternative routes to granting academic credit.