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Technology Tools

An Operations Checklist for Adopting Higher Ed Tech Innovations

Projects funded by NGLC to scale their higher ed tech innovations overcame operational roadblocks through leadership support, pre-planning, and data management.
Technology Tools

The Secret to Defeating the Status Quo in Education? Engage Faculty

Early engagement of faculty combined with ongoing training and resources is vital to the successful adoption of student success innovations.
Technology Tools

Student Success Innovations to Watch

5 ‘Innovations to Watch' are changing higher ed because of their success in improved student outcomes, reach and extension of adoption.
Enabling Change

How Districts and Charters Shape Local Strategies for Next Gen Learning

The local context of a region influences the strategies used to build an ecosystem where next gen learning can thrive.
Professional Learning

How Do We Make Maker Educators?

Many educators don't identify as makers, but they should. Here's why, with a few simple strategies to help teachers adopt a maker mindset.
Professional Learning

The Maker Fellow Program: Oakland educators build a table, rethink learning in school

A maker mindset can’t be developed through lectures or course materials. This program found inspiration in the most ordinary of objects: a table.
Building Community

Innovation & Finance: Lessons from Afton’s Work with NGLC Grant Program

Afton Partners is evolving its definition of sustainability and scalability based on outcomes of their work with NGLC schools.
New Designs for School

An Oakland Teacher Inspired by Next Gen Schools in Chicago

Educator Linda Rogers is bringing back to her Oakland, Calif. school the inspiration she gained from visiting three schools in Chicago.
Designing for Equity

Putting Agency Back Into Personalized Learning

It would be all too easy for personalized learning to lose its equity edge and devolve into a way to more efficiently sustain existing inequities.
Reimagining Assessment

Rethinking Assessment Requires Rethinking Professional Learning

For students to learn deeply, the educators in their lives must also learn deeply. Rethinking assessment is an opportunity for deeper professional learning.