Next Gen Learning in Action
This blog offered perspectives from educators engaged in redesigning the future of public schools. This blog is no longer being updated.
Education
Opinion
'How Do We Steer This Thing?' The Missing Element in Next Generation Learning
The concept of "cornerstone careers" may help many more school communities transform learning to address the lack of economic mobility for low-income youth.
Personalized Learning
Opinion
Developing Wayfinders With Learning Plans
Two elementary school teachers use learning plans to help students develop wayfinding skills like goal-setting and exercising agency.
Assessment
Opinion
What Happens When You Really Listen? Student Voices and Reshaping Policy
The "If You Ask Me..." student-voice exhibit helps New Mexico educators and policymakers change the conversation and keep the needs of students at the center.
School & District Management
Opinion
Transforming Education: Robotics and Its Value for Next Gen Learning
More and more students in St. Vrain Valley Schools are engaged in robotics, and the program is triggering broader systemic change in the district.
Education
Opinion
Designing Rich (Math) Projects That Inspire
Math textbooks are full of interesting problems ... at the end of the chapter! What if you start with the most interesting problem and tell students the entire point of the unit is to develop the skills to solve it?
Education
Opinion
Protect Your Investment in Innovation: Engage in Change Management
Every time an education institution loses a funding source, rethinks program delivery, revises positions, incorporates technology, or changes curriculum, it is making an investment in change. These are sizable, important investments, so why not protect them?
Personalized Learning
Opinion
3 Fundamentals of Teacher Collaboration in Personalized Learning
How a strong start, clear boundaries, and deliberate reflection are key in creating a culture of collaboration among teachers.
Education
Opinion
Why (and How) I Teach This Way: An Educator Talks About Project-Based Learning
An educator at San Diego's High Tech High shares the why's and how's of project-based learning in his Humanities classroom.
Professional Development
Opinion
Five Steps for Leading Schools With Emotional Intelligence and Accountability
Using an emotional-intelligence framework, Two Rivers Public Charter School staff found a way to drive accountability to each other that improves results and strengthens relationships.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Transforming High School by Co-Creating Learning Experiences With Students
As teachers at Vista High School shift to co-create powerful and purposeful learning experiences with students, students remind them they need to feel comfortable and connected to their teacher in order to learn.
Personalized Learning
Opinion
Different Paths to the Same Goal: College and Career Readiness
Two recent studies of Teach to One: Math highlight the tension in math between grade-level-based accountability systems and approaches to instruction that enable more personalized paths to college and career readiness.
Student Achievement
Opinion
Street Data: A New Grammar for Educational Equity
We need to radically reimagine the mindset and methodology of working toward equity. The "street data" concept is key to the transformation.
Student Achievement
Opinion
Boston's Innovative Approach to Reconnecting High School Dropouts
The district is reconnecting high school dropouts by focusing on life goals, academic gaps, social-emotional challenges, and personal commitments.
Student Achievement
Opinion
Three Powerful Examples of School Districts Using Capstones and Portfolios
Colorado's guidelines for graduation offer a menu of options including performance-based demonstrations of college and career readiness such as portfolios and capstone projects.