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Designing for Equity

Building Collaborative Learning Environments in an Inquiry-Based Community School

The founders of Compass Charter School discuss their vision for building a true community school, elevating empathy, and what leaves them hopeful.
New Designs for School

From Content Design to Student Experience Design in K-12: Lessons from the Adult and Lifelong Learning Sector

Principles of adult learning design–learner agency, goal-orientation, relevance, and more–are identical to the principles of student-centered learning.
Enabling Change

Mighty in Presence: The Teacher Innovator at Work

Teacher Christina Classen in Colorado Springs is a champion for innovation​ at her school.
Why Schools Need to Change

What Would Socrates Wonder about Next Gen Learning?

What would Socrates, one of history’s most iconic gadflys, wonder about next generation learning? What questions or provocations or iconoclastic statements would he pose to those of us pushing for “next gen” or personalized learning?
New Designs for School

What if Students Made a School?

What would happen if we trusted students to design their schools?
Professional Learning

The Possibilities for Next Gen Professional Learning

NGLC and its partners in the Next Gen Professional Learning Project asked educators to share with us their use of and perspectives on next gen learning for teachers and this is what we learned.
Professional Learning

Crowdsourcing a Personal Learning Network

Personalize your professional learning: this summer, we polled NGLC school leaders and supporters of next gen learning to find the very best resources for you.
Professional Learning

I Am a District Leader and I Need a Coach. So Do You.

Being surrounded by people who will push you is critical to a successful business' growth. So why, in education, is there still a stigma to coaching?
Professional Learning

Teaching & Learning is an Open Book at Turner Middle School

Turner Middle School opened its classrooms for its peers in Colorado's Thompson School District to see how it personalizes competency-based education.
Technology Tools

The Potential of Games and Simulations in Higher Education

Digital games have potential as a higher education learning environment. NGLC project simSchool seeks to realize that potential by providing a “flight simulator for teachers.