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Advice: Policies to Support Competency-Based Learning
State leaders must align policies to support transformation. This policy brief provides multiple concrete, actionable recommendations for state policymakers including those for creating competency-based education systems.
Guide: TNTP's Re-imagining Teaching in a Blended Classroom
Blended Learning involves much more than introducing technology into classrooms; it offers an opportunity to rethink how teachers teach and students learn. TNTP's first version of guidance to help districts and schools rethink their human capital...
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...
Activity-Based Collaborative Learning Labs
Learning Labs are subject-focused, asynchronous courses that provide students with unique subject options and opportunities to collaborate with their peers.
Centralized vs. Decentralized Implementation: How do we decide what the district should hold tight vs. loose?
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of centralized or decentralized implementation of new instructional models and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.
Prioritize Need vs. Prioritize Readiness: How do we decide where to pilot and how to allocate resources to schools?
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of allocating resources based on the need versus the readiness of schools and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.
Scaling Small Practices Organically
How to provide the right kind of central support to enable each teacher to take the lead in driving instructional change in their classroom.
Not All Feedback is Created Equal: IgnitED Research Insight
This installment of our series connecting learning science and instructional practice focuses on the evidence base about feedback, and how this evidence can be applied in your classroom.
What are Open Educational Resources and how can I start using them?
Educators seeking to understand and use Open Educational Resources (OER) can use this guide to help them search for high-quality, rigorous, and standards-aligned OER.
Team Collaboration: How do leaders build in time and team structures for data-driven instruction?
Personalization in classrooms requires broad, intentional use of data across schools and systems. This guide explores how leaders can foster effective data-driven instruction by setting aside time, creating structures, and offering supports needed...
Today’s One Thing for Leaders: Hiring Teachers in a Remote Setting, Part 1 – Active Recruitment and Selection
This installment of Today's One Thing for Leaders explores the process of hiring teachers in a remote setting through active recruitment.