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Bellwether Policy Playbook for Personalized Learning
Bellwether Education Partners' playbook is designed to help state and local policymakers identify the policy changes needed to expand access to quality personalized learning in their states and communities, and to give them the tools to make those...
Massachusetts Opportunity to Lead: Unleashing Innovation
Commissioned by the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, The New Opportunity to Lead provides a rationale and design for a statewide innovation capacity-building initiative comprised of three ideas: Investing in a new technology bond,...
Advice: Support and Leverage for Early Adopters
Innovation in education does not always take hold when mandated solely from the “top down.” Early adopters at the school and district level can show the way for others across the state, and they provide authentic, real-world experience from which to...
White Paper: Technology-Empowered Learning: Six Spatial Insights
This design research study was conducted to evaluate the spatial implications of technology on learning spaces. The authors report six major findings: Person-to-person connections remain essential for successful learningTechnology is supporting...
Guide: Personalized PD at Dallas ISD
This Personalized Learning Coaching and Development Tool (PL Toolbox) from Dallas ISD maps out clear competency strands, identifies ways to show mastery in practice, and observational guides to drive meaningful reflection and discussions. This tool...
TNTP Considerations for Launching a Blended Learning Program
This tool will help designers establish what their blended learning model is intended to accomplish and evaluate considerations that will impact their ability to implement it, helping them choose the most appropriate model for a district or school.
TNTP Talent Assessment
This talent assessment is designed to help leaders determine talent needs at the classroom level, identify existing talent, and develop a plan for filling recruitment and professional development gaps.
Advice: Opportunity Culture
This website contains a wealth of different resources, including case studies and examples of the different ways schools can staff to extend teacher “reach” with technology.
Guide: Christensen Institute: Knocking Down Barriers
This policy brief summarizes both the challenges and solutions several California school district superintendents are facing to help other superintendents who are struggling to implement high-quality blended learning find ways to work around these...
Highlander Institute Classroom Walkthrough Tool
This classroom walkthrough tool, from the Highlander Institute, links instructional behaviors seen at the teacher level to district actions. It is designed to help administrators understand their role in raising the ceiling for teacher practice.
Valor Collegiate Academies
Valor Collegiate Academies consist of two public charter schools in Nashville, TN, serving students in grades 5-8. Their instructional model includes a blended and personalized math class, as well as a large emphasis on student social and emotional...