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Reimagining Assessment

Teacher as Director: Four Questions to Promote Small Group Collaboration

You are likely to see students working in small groups in any classroom. Why do educators see small group collaboration as a model to facilitate learning?
Enabling Change

Overlooking Change Management Comes at a Steep Cost for Institutions: Exploring Design Thinking at the Diana G. Oblinger Innovation Forum

Considering change management alongside the design thinking process gives innovations a much better chance at succeeding.​
New Designs for School

3 Middle School Projects that Cultivate Skills Needed For Adulthood

To prepare students for the real world, Summit Learning places students in real-world scenarios. Students role play as architects, detectives, geoengineers, activists and beekeepers.
New Designs for School

It Takes a Village: Community Partnerships for Real-World Learning

Exploring school systems that are leveraging strong community partnerships to provide real-world learning to students in middle and high school.​
New Designs for School

​It Takes a Village: Talent Cities at Vista Unified

​Dropping out is not a high school problem; it’s a middle school problem. How do we hook students early and show that what they are learning is relevant?
New Designs for School

Talent Cities: A New Public-Private Partnership for Middle School

Vista Unified School District is transforming learning by making relevant connections to the world of work.
New Designs for School

A Year in the Making: Lessons My New Year's Resolution Taught Me about Next Gen Learning

I wonder how and when was I encouraged to take risks at school and to learn by failing?
Why Schools Need to Change

Yes, We Can Define, Teach, and Assess Critical Thinking Skills

Critical thinking is a thing. We can define it; we can teach it; and we can assess it.
Professional Learning

Unstoppable PD

3 ideas for teacher professional development to prepare students for tomorrow in the context of a deeply historical societal problem: generational poverty.
Designing for Equity

Mo'olelo: Building a Culturally Responsive Framework for Assessment

This podcast shares the voices of students, educators, and others about a project that grounds assessment in the Hawaiian practice of mo'olelo (storytelling).