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Nov. 30, 2018
HQPBL Case Study

Getting Smart   The Framework for High
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Nov. 29, 2018
Project-Based Schools Close Silicon Valley Gaps

Getting Smart By Tom Vander Ark and
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Nov. 19, 2018
The Problem Is Wasted Time, Not Screen Time

Education Next By Tom Vander Ark Are
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Nov. 7, 2018
Your Network: Make it Bigger to Make Your School District Stronger

Education Elements By Amy Jenkins For many,
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Sep. 11, 2018
Why Generation Z Learners Prefer YouTube Lessons Over Printed Books

Education Week By Lauraine Genota Fifteen-year-old Jaimie Moreano
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Feb. 5, 2018
6 Questions With Education And Innovation Leader Tom Vander Ark

Babbel Magazine Education in the United States
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Jan. 31, 2018
The Only Constant is Change: Adjusting Our Practices to Meet the World’s Expectations

Getting Smart Change has a habit of
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Jan. 16, 2018
Not Much New in EdTech in 2017; 3 Things Could Change That in 2018

Education Week Despite more global investment in
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Dec. 14, 2017
The Classroom: Where Our Students Can Meet the Real World

Getting Smart I’m walking through the halls
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Oct. 29, 2017
The Greatest Challenge Facing School Leaders in a Digital World

Ed Surge As founding director of CASTLE
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Oct. 11, 2017
The Problem Is Wasted Time, not Screen Time

Education Next by Tom Vander Ark Are
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Oct. 11, 2017
Can Ed Tech Nurture the ‘Hearts and Minds’?

Ed Week By Sarah Schwartz From digital
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Jun. 28, 2017
Getting Smart Podcast | Barry Schuler on the Power of Networks

Getting Smart It wasn’t Al Gore who
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May. 23, 2017
How One High School is Helping Students Craft Eportfolios People Will Actually Read

Ed Surge A significant number of K-12
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May. 16, 2017
New Tech Serves as Model for Department of Education

Leader Publications The first thing one notices
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May. 7, 2017
A for assisting: Retired teachers fund grants to aid local education projects

The Republic Four Bartholomew County schools received
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Mar. 3, 2017
Teachers explore virtual reality as a learning tool

Argus Leader Imagine an eighth-grade history lecture
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Feb. 1, 2017
Making Life-Ready Graduates

The Learning Counsel Indiana District Combines Software,
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Nov. 5, 2016
It’s Official: The Bengal Tech Space is Ready to Go!

Dr. Cotton’s Blog Ribbon Cutting for Bengal
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Sep. 20, 2016
A Ninja’s Take on Education Policy: Interview With Linda Darling-Hammond

Some of the places that are most exciting, like New Tech High, are displaying what learning is all about.

BLOG

Sep. 20, 2016
Closing the Opportunity Gap at Cross County High School

CCHS aims to better serve first-generation college students and students who live in poverty.

BLOG

Sep. 13, 2016
Teaching Students How Not to Use Tech

A hugely important part of the work of tech-rich schools is about how to use technology, and how NOT to use technology.

RESOURCES

Aug. 10, 2016
Together We Can Create a Nation Proud of Its Public Schools

What is Your Ideal School? What if
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Aug. 8, 2016
New Tech Network 2016 Annual Outcomes Report

Annual Outcomes Report Student experiences in New
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May. 20, 2016
Rogers school celebrates first graduation

Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette Hannah Katt told
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Oct. 14, 2014
With Liberty and Justice and High Speed Internet Access for All

I have seen schools throughout the country where the excitement of learning is palpable and students utilize technology and internet access as an integral component in their daily learning.

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Oct. 3, 2014
Technology is Essential in the Classroom

As a New Tech School, the availability of technology and connectivity play an integral role in student learning.

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Oct. 29, 2012
Students ‘Flip’ for Digital Learning

Students today live in a wired world. Educators strive to assure high school and post-secondary success for each student.

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Aug. 2, 2012
Using Twitter to Build Bridges to Awesomeness

  Inspiring awesomeness embodies the goal of
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Jan. 31, 2012
The Students Are All Right — It’s the Adults Who Need to Learn to Communicate

To our tech savvy students, all the hype around technology or digital learning evokes a ‘what took you so long?’ attitude.

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Nov. 16, 2011
To Tech or Not to Tech? That is NOT the Question

How do we provide learning that is relevant and rigorous? And how do we give teachers resources and training to engage students?

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Oct. 4, 2011
Schools for Tomorrow Are Here Today…. so Why Aren’t We Doing More of What Works?

The choices we face in changing education are not black and white. The menu of change does not consist of either ‘keep bad public schools’ or ‘open more charter schools.’

BLOG

Sep. 16, 2011
Technology Is Not a Silver Bullet

There is no silver bullet that meets the educational needs for all students.

BLOG

Aug. 11, 2011
Dear New Tech Network:

This year’s NTAC conference gave us the opportunity to share our common ideas as to how we are going to help America realize its promise.

Help us increase our impact

We are building a dynamic, perpetually learning network of districts, schools and educators. The success, sustainability, and growth of New Tech Network is made possible by support from philanthropic organizations and district engagements.

Partners & Collaborators

    • Get in touch

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