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New Designs for School

Want Real Ed Reform? 5 Ways Students Should Be Included

If we are serious about providing each & every student a truly transformational 21st century education, we need to ask our students what they think should be done.
Designing for Equity

Equipping All Students to Be Successful, Responsible, Informed Citizens

Mary Chan’s insights into the next gen learning model through firsthand experience as a high school science teacher and UCLA college pathway coach at Da Vinci X.
Technology Tools

Degree-Planning Tools Chart Individual Paths for Student Success

A new generation of higher ed students are designing their own college experience.
Building Community

Coming Together to Envision the Future of Learning

It’s time to move past the existing metaphor—the factory—for learning in schools. Here, next gen educators begin to tell the #NextEdStory.
Building Community

A Distribution Challenge: Scaling Charter School Innovation and Impact to States and Districts

Matchbook Learning looks to the "Microsoft model" to distribute and scale innovations in education.
New Designs for School

Early Wins and Alpha’s Top Ten List for New Blended Operators

The first year of a blended learning school is messy but rewarding. Find out how to set your school up for long-term success.
Enabling Change

The Foundations of Next Generation Learning - Essential Resources

NGLC’s Sarah Luchs describes the field base and results of the school models in the NGLC network, particularly the Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools.
Designing for Equity

How Competency Education Drives Equity

Some believe variation in pacing will mean some students get left behind. But in time-based environments, gaps already exist & only grow over time.
Enabling Change

Out of the Box - and Still Walled-in

EOC exams may be useful in high-performing schools with conventional courses, this strategy is less universally helpful and relevant for next gen schools.​
New Designs for School

What Does Deeper Learning Sound Like?

As Assessment for Learning Project educators rethink assessment, they are bumping up against some deeply ingrained assumptions about what learning really is.