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Reengineering Classroom Dynamics

What if there was a way to read students’ minds to know who has something to say? (Spoiler alert: there’s not.)
Why Schools Need to Change

Relevance: the Most Important Word in Education?

All students really need to learn something is access and community. The role of the teacher, then, is to plant the seed of inquiry and facilitate.
New Designs for School

Developing Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinkers at Lucile Erwin Middle School

Learning in this school's IB program relies on this cycle in every subject and every new level of understanding: Inquiry. Action. Reflection. Repeat.
Professional Learning

From Problem to Prototype

How school design teams can begin a weekend with a problem and emerge 1 1/2 days later with a prototype solution ready to test back in their communities​.
Designing for Equity

Personal Learning as the Gateway to Equity and Access for All Students

For students to successfully navigate multiple career changes in their lifetime, their learning pathways need to become more personalized.
New Designs for School

Students as Users, Designers, and Co-creators of Learning

This edition of the NGLC Practitioner's Guide to Next Gen Learning describes how teams engage students in the work of redesigning their schools.
New Designs for School

Placing Students at the Heart of School Innovation

Summit Public Schools uses an iterative process to learn from their students experience, to ensure that they are continuously adapting to meet students' evolving needs.
Why Schools Need to Change

Highlighting Deeper Learning Competencies in New Hampshire

In a competency-based system, we must hold both academic AND success skills as integral in preparing our graduates.
Building Community

Principles for Network Thinking and Action

Not every form of social organization maximizes network effects—but there's much to be gained if they did.
New Designs for School

Can Flex Time Support Student Agency?

During "flex time," how do you foster student autonomy AND hold students accountable for ambitious learning targets?