by Rohan Menon | Dec 7, 2023 | Article, Blog, Competency-based Learning, Learner-centered Communities, Learner-Centered School Design, School Design, Youth Voices
reDesign’s Youth Advisory Council is a year-long program for high-school students with an interest in identifying, analyzing, and shifting educational paradigms. Students in the program work directly alongside our Learning Design Team to share feedback and ideas,...
by Antonia | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog, Curriculum and Assessment Reimagined
These days, it seems like a lot of folks are talking about learning strategies. When we ask people what they mean by learning strategies, we’ve heard a wide range of responses. Some folks say that learning strategies are assessments and tasks. Others say that...
by Jon Altbergs | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog, Curriculum and Assessment Reimagined
Last fall I got a little obsessed. I had been looking at the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and for Mathematics. Holding them alongside the Next Generation Science Standards and the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social...
by Melissa Slater | Jul 1, 2021 | Blog, Curriculum and Assessment Reimagined
At reDesign, our approach to math education is rooted in a set of research-supported theories and practices that best prepare students to understand enough math to be able to critically engage with numbers in the world and to be in a position to pursue advanced math...
by reDesign | Mar 1, 2019 | Blog, Curriculum and Assessment Reimagined
Though strong in theory, Essential Questions often wander off into drab and uninspiring standards-land when writing them for a unit. How do we frame learning, right from the start, in a way that maximizes student interest? How can we keep inquiry (and student...