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reDesign Announces Third Annual Youth Advisory Council
AUSTIN, Texas, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- reDesign, an education design lab committed to building inclusive,...
Joy, inspiration, and reflections on the future of learning
Click to read reflections on 2022 from our Creative Director and co-founder Antonia Rudenstine as we head into the new...
Learning, To Protect Democracy
Underlying the quiet, but fatal erosion of democracy in our country is a stark reality — Americans have forgotten what democracy feels like. We need a new hub for civic education and democratic participation… why not schools?
Bloom’s Taxonomy & the Attention Economy
The frenzied competition to monetize our attention is actively undermining our students’ opportunities to practice...
Designing Learning Communities That Support Women
reDesign is a woman-led organization with feminist values that strives to support women in the workplace as...
Toward Excellence and Equity: Educator Competencies
How do we know what good teaching looks like? How could defining educator competencies contribute to a...
We’re Expanding – Our Learner-Centered Vision, Our Resources, Our Team!
$10 million dollar grant to support expanded social impact vision Team growing to scale-up our efforts to reimagine...
When Does Guidance Limit Learners’ Competency Development?
What’s the difference between monitoring and guidance? Why is it important to balance setting learners up for success...
Beyond Belonging: What Does It Mean for Learners to Feel Connected?
As humans, we’re biologically wired to seek connection to others. But what does it mean for learners to feel...
Fieldnotes: Diving into reDesign’s Competency Framework
As we got closer to a much anticipated trip, my five-year-old couldn’t stop telling everyone she met about the part...
The Price of Alienation
In the United States today, we’ve inherited an education system that is profoundly alienating for many of our nation’s...
Fieldnotes: A Look Inside reDesign’s Learning Labs
“What are the essential practices that we want to get across?” “Are these the right things to focus on?” “How would a...
Share & Reflect: Learning Cycle Series 5/5
by Laurie Gagnon & Rohan Menon At reDesign, we encourage the adoption of a Learning Cycle that guides the learner...
ESSER Funding Presents States and Districts with an opportunity to use competency-based education to #RethinkHighSchool
Author: Antonia Rudenstine, Co-founder and Creative Director, reDesignU.org...
reDesign’s Youth Advisors
by Rohan Menon & Vicky Kim At reDesign, we are committed to keeping learners at the forefront of all we do in our...
Navigating Standards & Competencies: South Carolina Profile of the Graduate in Practice
By Melissa Slater reDesign has partnered with the South Carolina Department of Education’s Office of...
How does the research define, “Learning Strategies?”
By Antonia Rudenstine These days, it seems like a lot of folks are talking about learning strategies. When we ask...
A Research-based Set of Learning Strategies Every Educator Needs To Know
Last fall I got a little obsessed. I had been looking at the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and...
Schaef: It’s Time to Redesign K-12 Academic Standards. This Summer, We’re Inviting Educators, Experts, Academics and Parents to Join In
"This article was originally published in The 74 Million." It was a blue sky kind of day in Boise, Idaho. Kelly Brady,...
Catalyzing Curriculum Redesign and Developing a Multicultural, Antiracist K-12 Content Map
By Sydney Schaef Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Enabling Conditions for...
Discovery-based Mathematics
By: Melissa SlaterAt reDesign, our approach to math education is rooted in a set of research-supported theories and...
Our approach to catalyzing a multicultural, antiracist K-12 content map
By Sydney Schaef In an earlier post, my colleagues Jon Altbergs and Laurie Gagnon named the challenge of...
#JustOneThing: How to craft a compelling question
A quick preview of #justonething: reDesign’s open source Design Guide for Creating Compelling Questions.
Demonstrate Skills and Understanding by Creating Authentic Products
By Jon M Altbergs and Laurie Gagnon At reDesign, we encourage the adoption of a Learning Cycle that guides the...
Build New Knowledge, Skills, and Perspectives through Investigation
Build New Knowledge, Skills, and Perspectives through Investigation By Jon M Altbergs and Laurie Gagnon At reDesign,...
Join us at the Aurora Institute Symposium 2020 | October 27, 2020 at 1:30-2:30 PM ET
Meeting Students Where They Are: Competency-Based Pedagogy that Works for Remote and In-Person Learning. We’ve teamed...
Creating Engagement and Connectedness through Making Meaning
by Jon M Altbergs & Laurie Gagnon At reDesign, we encourage the adoption of a Learning Cycle that guides the...
reDesign’s Youth Advisory Council
by Vicky Kim reDesign is setting up a 10-member Youth Advisory Council this year for high school students across the...
Completing the Learning Loop: The Power of Synthesis and Reflection Prompts
by Jon Altbergs and Laurie Gagnon At reDesign, we encourage the adoption of a Learning Cycle that guides the learner...
Small Disruption #1: Disrupt the text
While the goal is for all learners to have access to text and materials that represent, affirm, and sustain their...
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