Our Network Resources and Tools Practices Cards The NTN Practices Cards are a compilation of key cultural, instructional, and assessment practices aimed at cultivating equitable learning environments. These equity-centered practices, curated in card sets, provide strategies to design and implement learning that supports the NTN Focus Areas of Supportive and Inclusive Culture, Meaningful and Equitable Instruction, and Purposeful Assessment. Purchase the Cards Sign Up to Download the NTN Practices Cards Sample Deck Name(Required) First Last Email(Required) Your Role(Required) Ro ..read more

Our Network Resources and Tools The Impactful Shift to the Student-Centered Learning Approach Download the NTN Practices Cards Sample Deck What is Student Centered Learning There is a resounding call for an educational approach grounded in student autonomy and a shift towards learner-centered education more than ever. The pandemic highlighted the shortcomings of traditional methods and the urgency for a student-centered education system is imperative for fostering engaged and empowered learners prepared for the skills needed for the 21st century. Despite being a departure from the ..read more

Our Network Resources and Tools The Impactful Shift to the Student-Centered Learning Approach Download the NTN Practices Cards Sample Deck What is Student Centered Learning There is a resounding call for an educational approach grounded in student autonomy and a shift towards learner-centered education more than ever. The pandemic highlighted the shortcomings of traditional methods and the urgency for a student-centered education system is imperative for fostering engaged and empowered learners prepared for the skills needed for the 21st century. Despite being a departure from the ..read more

Our Network Resources and Tools Frequently Asked Questions What is NTN? NTN is a nonprofit education organization that works closely with leadership teams and classroom educators to make change scalable and sustainable. With more than 25 years of supporting schools and districts in change-making, NTN has the ability to recognize common patterns across systems and what is unique about each school and district community.  What is the latest evidence and research on PBL and NTN? Let’s take a moment to answer “What is Project-Based Learning?” Project-based learning (PBL) is a ..read more

Our Network District Profile Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Using Community Partners and PBL to Connect Students with Real-World Experiences In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 16 public school districts have come together to collaborate to provide students with real-world learning experiences. Supported by the Lancaster STEM Alliance and a local education service agency, Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU13), the districts are working with New Tech Network to grow a county-wide project-based learning (PBL) network that directly serves teachers and builds educator capacity t ..read more

Our Network Network Voice Leadership Summit 2024: Why Adult Learning is Critical to Achieving Better Student Outcomes At the end of February over 150 educators convened in Cincinnati at the 2024 Leadership Summit with an ambitious goal: to give leaders a thorough platform to dig into adult learning’s ins and outs and its vital role in education.  Through our time together, we hoped to help participants understand powerful adult learning strategies better, create chances for thoughtful reflection, plan tailored strategies for their unique educational situations, and build colla ..read more

Our Network Network Voice Student Article: Goodbye Traditional Learning, Hello Project Based Learning Visit CHHS News Lily Williams, Writer and Central Hardin High School Student Carrying heavy textbooks, completing multiple worksheets, sitting through long lectures, and taking notes upon notes. This describes the life of students, all the way back from our parents up to now, who grew up in school with this traditional way of learning. It seems like students have gotten so used to these traditional learning routines that some may be surprised when they hear that what we’re f ..read more

Our Network Resources and Tools Project-Based vs. Problem-Based Learning: Which is Right for Your Classroom? Introduction to PBL Project-based learning (PBL) is a inquiry-based and learner-centered instructional approach that immerses students in real-world projects that foster deeper learning and critical thinking skills. In contrast to traditional instruction and rote memorization, project-based learning encourages learner agency, collaboration, and problem-solving, empowering students to become active participants in their own learning. Students collaborate to solve real world p ..read more

Our Network School Profile How NTN Supports Architects of Shared Leadership Hardin County Schools began working with New Tech Network in 2020 with an overall goal to support middle and high schools in project-based learning, establish teacher collaboration both in individual schools and across the district, and support school leaders in the change management process. As part of Hardin County’s innovation efforts, district leaders opted to send school leadership teams to NTN’s Leadership Summit, a three-day national gathering that provides opportunities to collaborate and learn t ..read more

Our Network School Profile New Tech West turns to NTN for Coaching for Collaboration New Tech West High School students are learning through the New Tech Network Model at the Cleveland, Ohio high school, part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. “Our goal is for our scholars to thrive and become their most authentic selves, and mature into agents of change,” says Shaunamichelle Leonard, Principal at New Tech West. “It takes a lot of work on our part for the staff to be in tune with the students, in tune with the Model and work collaboratively together.” New Tech West High ..read more