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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 This blog is no longer being updated.

School Climate & Safety Opinion Educator-to-Educator Mentoring to Support Real-World Learning Redesign
Teams in the midst of redesigning learning in a school visited Pittsburgh and San Diego school sites for best-practice presentations, mentoring, and design sessions as part of the Transforming Learning Incubator.
Contributing Blogger, February 28, 2019
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Assessment Opinion Leveraging Data to Understand Students: Obstacles and Ideas for Data Practices
Stronger data practices can help leaders better utilize data as a way to deeply understand the students they serve.
Contributing Blogger, February 27, 2019
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Education Opinion Using Design Thinking to Set the Vision for a Career Superhighway
Envisioning a career superhighway in Vista, Calif., through empathy interviews with students.
Contributing Blogger, February 25, 2019
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Assessment Opinion Where Can Tech Outdo a Teacher?
In tomorrow's classrooms, technology won't replace teachers—it will make them better. Here's how.
Contributing Blogger, February 21, 2019
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Student Achievement Opinion Education Strategies to Support Special Education Students
As a school of bridge builders, Thrive Public Schools is building bridges between typical and developmentally diverse thinkers.
Contributing Blogger, February 19, 2019
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School & District Management Opinion Learners Front and Center for Learner-Centered Design
Student designers in Fall River, Mass., take a leadership role in reimagining learning at their school.
Contributing Blogger, February 15, 2019
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Why Equity Has Been a Conservative Force in American Education—And How That Could Change
The more we double down on closing achievement gaps within the existing grammar of schooling, the more difficult we make it for ourselves to transform schooling into a more purposeful, relevant, and engaging institution.
Contributing Blogger, February 14, 2019
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Assessment Opinion Five Non-Negotiables in Assessment for Learning
A successful performance-assessment system requires these five non-negotiable qualities.
Contributing Blogger, February 12, 2019
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Student Achievement Opinion The Upside of Stress
How can educators help children in poverty handle the constant stress that comes from circumstances they cannot control? Embracing (not avoiding) the stress can awaken courage, connection, and growth.
Contributing Blogger, February 7, 2019
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Education Opinion Transforming High School by Engaging Student Autonomy
An interdisciplinary project at Vista High School builds greater levels of student autonomy through student voice and social construction of the learning activities.
Contributing Blogger, February 5, 2019
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5 min read
Assessment Opinion Feedback Loops Lead the Way to Mastery
Elementary students and their teacher reflect on getting feedback from experts, in support of growing as a learner.
Contributing Blogger, January 31, 2019
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Education Opinion Project-Based Learning at Boston Day and Evening Academy
Project Month at Boston Day and Evening Academy cultivates powerful student engagement, building mindsets of inquiry, creativity, and perseverance for its "off-track" student population.
Contributing Blogger, January 28, 2019
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Assessment Opinion Beyond Classroom Management
Want a class that functions smoothly and productively? Forget the carrots and sticks; make sure each student has appropriately challenging work instead.
Contributing Blogger, January 23, 2019
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Education Opinion Schools as Neighbors: A Web of Support in San Diego Neighborhoods
The cultural and linguistic diversity of its community has pushed the Thrive Public Schools team to become more sensitive listeners to what families and neighbors want and need.
Contributing Blogger, January 22, 2019
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