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Reimagining Assessment

3 Ways Student-Led Assessment Improves Learning in Virginia

In 2016, 11 school districts across Virginia came together to with a single goal: transform assessments so that our students are more engaged in learning​.
Enabling Change

The School Principal as Change Agent

Principals must become change agents in order for education in a school district to transition from assembly line efficiency to learner-centered agency.
New Designs for School

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

High-quality learning can happen both inside and outside of schools.
New Designs for School

Student-Led Conferences: A Key Structure of Student Agency

Student-led conferences are core to Two Rivers' mission of every student an active participant in their education with a strong sense of self and community.
New Designs for School

Speak, John, Speak: Feeling the Power of Exhibitions at the Workshop School

​The students at the Workshop School, a non-selective high school in the School District of Philadelphia, present their work at the end of each quarter. ​
Building Community

Educator Networks: Building a Community to Advance Learning

The Gates Foundation and FSG released a report bout network design and theory and how we apply it in education.
Technology Tools

VR and AR: Learners as Creators and World-Builders of our Immersive Future

Immersive technologies inspire students to become creators and active explorers in the making of a new medium for learning.
Professional Learning

Moving Beyond Educational Echo Chambers

​Sean Wybrant realized that if he wants to understand how to improve education for his students he has to understand where they are coming from.​
Enabling Change

The Cost of Personalized Learning? Six Figures, Then Status Quo

EdWeek, February 2018
Enabling Change

Sustaining Innovation & Preparing for Scale: Financial Sustainability Research & Analysis of Personalized Learning School Models

In this 2017 report, LEAP Innovations and Afton Partners begin to answer questions of costs, sustainability, and budgets of schools that invest in innovation to create better outcomes for students and build a creative, collaborative, highly skilled workforce in Chicago. They evaluated six school models supported in the NGLC Regional Fund for Breakthrough Schools: Chicago.