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Better Together: How to Leverage School Networks
for Smarter Personalized and Project Based Learning
Lydia Dobyns, President and CEO We invite you to read, listen or bring the learning to you! Why Better Together is just the beginning profiles more than a dozen school networks and features
many New Tech teachers, directors and district leaders.

To better help educators utilize the resources in the book, Tom and
Lydia are launching a series of Better Together workshops, keynotes,
and book chats. This is an excellent opportunity to have Tom and
Lydia come speak about the book and answer questions you may
have or work with your team to determine how to use the book
topics to solve a problem together. If you are interested in hosting
a Better Together workshop or event, contact us and we can
start designing the best event for your team or network.
Click Here to Register

“We need to completely rethink how schools are organized,” said Dobyns, “We need to leave the expert focused classroom and create student-centered environments.” Tech is not the solution, it plays an important role, but what we really need are “new human networks” explained Dobyns. Listen to the podcast
Read the blog

"I’m always learning. We hired a community
engagement coordinator and these ideas are all
about engagement and networking."
Stanley Jones Superintendent, Danville Public Schools
“I want to move further into the culture of the Network. I now
feel like I have the opportunity to empower students and
connect with other teachers who feel the same way.”
Adam McCarthy Teacher, First State Military Academy
“It takes a network. The desire to collaborate is innately human;
true collaboration is responsible for our species’ advancement.
Better Together finally articulates the 'why' and 'how' collaboration
via networking is the most exciting thing happening in education today.”
Barry Schuler Chairman, New Tech Network and Partner, DFJ Growth
“Tom Vander Ark and Lydia Dobyns have been working in the education trenches
to find practical and realistic approaches to improve outcomes for kids as long and as thoughtfully as
anyone. I highly recommend this excellent book, as school networks enable us to move past ‘one-off innovations’
and create paths for schools to sustain great work and share their learning together. This book and Vander Ark’s
and Dobyns’ expert views should move to the top of the list for educators, administrators and policymakers
serious about creating effective schools.”
Chad Wick Chairman, ACT, Inc.
Founder and President Emeritus, KnowledgeWorks
“In Better Together: How To Leverage School Networks for Smarter Personalized and
Project Based Learning, Tom Vander Ark and Lydia Dobyns convincingly demonstrate
the power of school networks to transform learning so that all students develop
the skills they need to be successful in college, career and life.”
David Ross CEO, Partnership for 21st Century Learning
"I’m buying this as a gift for the person who brought me into
the Network. The answer is always in the room –
this network makes the room so much bigger."
Beth Meenely Teacher, New Tech Academy @ Wayne

Since the first New Tech high school opened in 1996, hundreds of schools
around the country have turned to New Tech Network for inspiration,
guidance and direct support in their local K-12 school innovation efforts.

Better Together: How to Leverage School Networks
for Smarter Personalized and Project Based Learning

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profiles more than a dozen school networks and features
many New Tech teachers, directors and district leaders.

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Through project-based learning, New Tech Network schools empower and challenge students to learn and succeed, to collaborate and communicate, and to engage in the world around them.

Contact us at to learn more about student success or join us for a school tour to see firsthand how we are changing education.

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