Nate McClenneninNextGenLearningGetting Smart’s new publication 20 Invention Opportunities in Learning and Development is hopeful…So how can we complete the puzzle? New schools make it easier as they can build models around these approaches. But most schools are not…Mar 9, 2021Mar 9, 2021
Nate McClenneninNextGenLearningWas engagement ever high?Much has been written about the decline in engagement during the Covid pandemic —along with higher levels of stress. But were engagement…Feb 26, 2021Feb 26, 2021
Nate McClenneninNextGenLearningCreating high-quality schools in high-poverty areasFor the approximately 24% of students who experience poverty or attend a high-poverty school, massive adverse outcomes occur including…Feb 23, 2021Feb 23, 2021
Nate McClenneninNextGenLearningIs your school’s Graduate Profile collecting digital dust?Starting with the end in mind is a hallmark of great curriculum planning. Backwards design, codified by Wiggins and McTighe as…Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021
Nate McClennenPlace Network Online Launches PilotImagine an online learning program where students are off-screen. Here at Teton Science Schools, based on our 50 years of place-based…Sep 21, 2017Sep 21, 2017
Nate McClenneninNextGenLearningRigor/relevance framework amendedI have been intrigued by the rigor/relevance framework created by the International Center for Leadership in Education and cited in…Aug 15, 2017Aug 15, 2017
Nate McClenneninNextGenLearningWhat we have learned and wonder about competency-based learningAfter spending six months building a set of competencies and performance indicators for our Place Schools model, we are in a deep-dive on…Aug 1, 2017Aug 1, 2017
Nate McClenneninNextGenLearningNextGen Teacher DevelopmentLet’s imagine you could design teacher development from the ground up. What would it look like? Programs like the Graduate Program at High…Dec 13, 2016Dec 13, 2016
Nate McClenneninNextGenLearningInnovation in small schoolsIndividual classroom teachers, inspirational school leaders, philanthropic and government funding, and the duress of failure all spur…Dec 9, 2016Dec 9, 2016
Nate McClenneninNextGenLearningCompetency mastery in project based learningStudents are working on a project together that has an impact in the community and the project finishes (deadline passed, construction…Nov 3, 2016Nov 3, 2016
