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New Designs for School

How Self-Pacing Improves Students’ Academic Achievement and Self-Confidence

When we as educators require all students to work at a predetermined pace irrespective of their needs, we decide to value speed over mastery.
New Designs for School

Project Based Learning and ADHD

One challenge facing educators moving to PBL is providing support to learners who require more individualized instructor attention, such as students with ADHD.
New Designs for School

Multidisciplinary Projects at Walt Clark Middle School

Math, language arts, teamwork, problem-solving, creative thinking—all in one project.​ The multi-disciplinary projects are one way to personalize learning.
Technology Tools

11 Next Gen Tools for K-12 and Higher Ed

We examined 11 strategies and innovations from the work of NGLC grant recipients that helped to increase student success at their breakthrough schools and degree programs.
Building Community

Chicago-Area Changemakers Featured in Michael and Susan Dell Foundation Podcast

A Dell Foundation podcast features an interview with Phyllis Lockett and Amy Huang of LEAP Innovations.
Professional Learning

Learning and The Lean Startup

​Lessons for redesigning K-12 schools from ​The Lean Startup ​by Eric Ries.
Reimagining Assessment

Measuring Next Generation Learning

If new approaches to pedagogy are measured against old, insufficient benchmarks, won't they suffer by comparison, and potentially set the entire reform effort back?
New Designs for School

A New Tool for Mapping Your Next Gen School

A new tool tracing the journey of two schools from (re)design to launch can help educators on their own journey to next generation learning.
Designing for Equity

The Nature Gap and School Redesign at Boston Public Schools

​Intrepid Academy at Hale ​aims to change the ‘nature gap’ that today's urban and low-income students experience​, and it's showing promise.
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.