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Strategies
Designing a Multi-Level Theory of Change
A theory of change is a visual representation of a defined set of activities, outputs, and outcomes based on an evidence-based framework or theory. This collaborative tool helps state, system, and school communities identify not just actions and...
Artifacts
Learner to Learning: Theory of Change Activity and Template
Use this Theory of Change Activity and Template to document how your initiative, policy, or strategy impacts learning in your context.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Learning Science and Personalization
Using how your students learn to drive your practices and personalize for students through self-reflection, empowering your learners, and allowing for multiple paths to mastery.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Measurement in Action: Using existing data and staff to measure personalized learning
We engaged in two researcher-practitioner partnerships (RPPs) with Distinctive Schools, and Leadership Public Schools over one school year to help them determine how best to scale their personalized learning initiatives. Here are the lessons we...
Teaching Practices
Knowing the “Why": How do leaders communicate with new teachers around the purpose and vision of their innovative models?
Clearly communicating the “why” behind a school’s innovative model – not just the model itself – is an essential strategy for building new teachers’ abilities to understand and implement. This guide will explore various ways schools and districts...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Prior Knowledge - Mental Hooks for Learning: IgnitED Research Insight
In this installment of IgnitED Research, a series that aims to build stronger connections between learning science and instructional practice, we look at prior knowledge and its uses in maximizing learning.
Strategies
Designing Measurable Solutions
This guide will help school and system leaders design measurable solutions and then capture data to inform continuous improvements.
Spotlights & Case Studies
The 4Cs: Understanding Agency-Driven Leadership in Action
This second installment in a three-part series introduces the 4Cs—Conceptual Understanding, Commitment, Competency, and Capacity—as a practical framework for agency-driven leadership, offering leaders clear entry points to strengthen the conditions...
