National Laboratory for Education Transformation "NLET"
At NLET, extraordinary people work together to build coherence and technology enhanced solutions across education, training, personal learning, and employment. Focused on the individual learner, we transform institutions and organizations towards equitable student access and success and well-paying, in-demand jobs.
Learn more about NLETDesigning, Developing and Implementing Systems Level Access for Learning
Our Approach / Enabling Organizational Success
Improvement
Equitable access and outcomes in education can be accomplished through hard work of continuous Improvement within the current educational model. Essentially, do what we have been doing, just do it better with incremental change, testing for improved efficiencies and effectiveness as we go. NLET works with institutions, non-profits and ed tech providers to improve existing models through continuous improvement. The Carnegie Foundation provides a valuable synopsis of the principles of incremental improvement necessary to drive equitable outcomes in education.
Innovation
If improvement is doing things better, innovation is doing things differently to accelerate change. Schools and educators are currently bombarded with pitches about significant innovations designed to improve student learning and document everything from preschool creativity and problem solving to college ready math. High impact implementation of innovative approaches involves careful consideration of the evidence supporting the approach and a complete understanding of the fidelity of implementation it requires. NLET and its partners are committed to advancing equitable outcomes in education through careful, yet courageous exploration and adoption of innovative practices and tools. The Open University in the UK provides a recent and insightful overview of recent evidence-based educational innovations.
Transformation
Transformation implies systemic and sustainable change in the core practices and culture of an institution or sector of education. Transformation has occurred when multiple innovations scale across entire learning environments resulting in equitable access to positive educational outcomes. Transformation requires system thinking and the integration of innovation-led improvements at all levels within an organization. It also takes time and patience. NLET’s commitment to innovatively supporting students and credentialing their skills and knowledge is focused on transforming education, for as long as it takes. In 2015 Education-Reimagined constructed a lens into the systemic mindset necessary to transform education. David Andrews, NLET President was proud to contribute to the vision and be a signatory on the foundational paper.