NHLI | New Hampshire Learning Initiative
All Students Deserve a Quality Education
/ October 31, 2018
Executive Director Ellen Hume-Howard, Director of Innovative Projects Jonathan Vander Els, and Project Director Mariane Gfroerer traveled to the annual iNACOL Symposium at the end of October to share the efforts districts, schools, and teachers are engaged in around competency-based and personalized learning. The following sessions highlighted the work happening in New Hampshire schools. […]
Continue Reading/ May 23, 2018
New Hampshire offers innovative, successful approaches in competency-based and deeper learning practices and is a model for other states to follow.
Continue Reading/ May 23, 2018
During the 2017-2018 school year, our ALP effort has evolved significantly. The New Hampshire Learning Initiative with Jonathan Vander Els as project director and Michael Turmelle as student exhibition lead, are partnering with the New Hampshire Department of Education, the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment and Envision Learning Partners, in an effort […]
Continue Reading/ May 23, 2018
Rochester Middle School http://www.rochesterschools.com/rms/ is our first pick as a “Bright Spot” of Innovation in education in New Hampshire. This week we had the pleasure of participating in Learning Walks at the Rochester Middle School in Rochester, NH. The Learning Walks gave us a glimpse into a model of personalized and competency-based learning that blends […]
Continue Reading/ May 23, 2018
Leadership in a competency-based system is critical. Recognizing this, the Learning Initiative has been seeking ways to support school leaders in deepening the mindsets, knowledge, and skills and dispositions needed to effectively develop a competency-based and personalized model designed to meet the needs of all learners. The Learning Initiative, in partnership with the Stanford […]
Continue Reading/ March 9, 2018
It is hard to argue the importance that being a strong collaborator, an articulate communicator, a self-directed learner, and a creative problem solver has on a person’s success in today’s world. In fact, a recent analysis by Valerie Strauss from the Washington Post on an article written by Cathy Davidson highlighting how Google culled data […]
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