WATCH NEXT GENERATION LEARNING IN ACTION Quest Atlantis: Learning Through...
Editor’s Note: This video, produced by NGLC and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is the next in a series called “Profiles of Next Generation Learning.” Follow NGLC on Vimeo to stay up to date...
View ArticleTouchstone Education: Reinventing What School Looks Like
Editor’s Note: This video, produced by NGLC and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is the next in a series called “Profiles of Next Generation Learning.” Follow NGLC on Vimeo to stay up to date...
View ArticleNGLC Announces $12M in New Grants
By Sarah Luchs, K-12 Program Officer, Next Generation Learning ChallengesToday, NGLC announces its fourth wave of investments: $9 million to help launch 20 new “breakthrough” model secondary schools...
View ArticleWATCH NEXT GENERATION LEARNING IN ACTION:USC Hybrid High School: A High...
USC Hybrid High School: A High School for the 21st Century
View ArticleWave IV Grants: Practical Next Steps for Prospective Applicants
Are you thinking about applying for a Wave IV Grant to start a Breakthrough School? Whether you are considering a Launch Grant or a Planning Grant you will want to join the NGLC Wave IV Webinar Today...
View ArticleWATCH NEXT GENERATION LEARNING IN ACTION The National Repository of Online...
Editor’s Note: This video, produced by NGLC and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is the next in a series called “Profiles of Next Generation Learning.” Follow NGLC on Vimeo to stay up to date...
View ArticlePlacing Students at the Heart of School Innovation
By: Lizzie Choi, Project Manager of Optimized learning, the blended learning math pilot program at Summit Public Schools.Editor's Note: This post first appeared on Blend My Learning on March 18, 2013.
View ArticleBlended Learning? Yes! Now What??
As NGLC continues to talk with innovators about applying for Wave IV planning and launch grants, we’re hearing a few common conversations. One of those conversations circles around blended learning....
View ArticleWhat’s All The Buzz About Detroit?
Editors note: This post originally appeared on the Getting Smart blog at gettingsmart.com on April 30, 2013.By Tom Vander Ark Hey, how about some good news from Detroit? As noted recently, education in...
View ArticleEarly Wins and Alpha’s Top Ten List for New Blended Operators
By John Glover, Founder and CEO of Alpha Public Schools
View ArticleImproving Teacher Conditions & Careers
Tom Vander Ark and Carrie Schneider discuss teachers, teaching, career paths, and blended learning.
View ArticleThe Rearview Mirror: The NGLC Blog in May
As we find ourselves at the end of another academic year, posts on the NGLC blog have taken a reflective tone. Grantees reflected on their efforts to transform education, and NGLC staff and guest...
View ArticleAre NGLC Breakthrough School Models Disruptive?
This post examines the disruptive nature of NGLC breakthrough school model grantees in light of the new Christensen Institute paper on K-12 blended learning and the theory of hybrids.
View ArticleRETHINK: Planning and Designing for K-12 Next Generation Learning
By Kathryn Kennedy of iNACOL and Kristen Vogt of NGLC
View ArticleWhat We Learned at the Sloan C Blended Learning Conference
By invitation, NGLC staff presented our synthesis paper on blended learning at the 10th Annual Sloan Blended Learning Conference and learned about scaling, theory, and assessment from other presentations.
View ArticleBlended Learning Conference Take-Aways
Author: Jennifer Spohrer, Coordinator for Academic Technology Initiatives, Office of the Provost, Bryn Mawr College
View ArticleNext Generation Schools Represent the Future of K-12 Education
On July 15, NGLC announced 38 recipients of NGLC breakthrough school model grants. In a recent EdWeek blog post, 10 Signs from NGLC Winners, Tom Vander Ark, founder and executive editor of Getting...
View ArticleStaffing for Better Blended Learning
To use blended learning to its full potential, school leaders must combine high-quality digital learning with excellent teaching.
View ArticleInnovation and Technology in Horry County Schools
Whittemore Park Middle School was selected as a pilot site for the statewide TransformSC and Loris Elementary School participated in a White House-sponsored Google+ Hangout on connected classrooms.
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