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Professional Learning

Effective Professional Development: Creating Communities of Adult Learners

As we reimagine schools for the next generation, we also have to reimagine what adult learning can and should like in schools as well.
New Designs for School

Flexible Seating, Flexible Teachers

​Research links flexible seating in the classroom to improved student behavior, increased engagement and better health. So I dove right in.​
Building Community

Structure Matters: How Network Form Affects Outcomes

Create abundant value for education network participants by examining & shaping power dynamics, patterns of connections & other aspects of network structure.
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.
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?