“A New Era of Learning: Futures Thinking for Education Programs”
Prince’s session invites us to imagine new kinds of education structures, practices, roles, and programs that support the healthy development of young people, effective lifelong learning, and community vitality. Even as we navigate near-term disruption, five drivers of change are shaping what is possible for the future of learning. Explore how educators can keep their eyes… Read More ›
Exploring the Impact of Student-Centered Learning on Mathematics
What happens when a networked improvement community focuses on student-centered math instruction and the struggle for equity as they try to become students of their students’ thinking? The High Tech High Graduate School of Education research team presented their findings from a field-leading 2-year study in which teachers engaged in to test, refine and spread… Read More ›
How to Choose Words That Motivate Students During Online Learning
In order to foster engagement and motivation, online learning experiences need to be framed in a way that allows students to take ownership of their learning. This article explains ways teachers can make a big impact on student learning just by re-framing how they instruct their lessons and assignments. It offers an explicit example of… Read More ›
Now More Than Ever: Structured Collaborative Inquiry for Today’s Hybrid Learning Environments
As remote learning becomes part of our new reality, it is critical that schools set up rich opportunities for both educators and students to address the challenges and inequities that inevitably occur with online education. To do this now, more than ever, we need systems that support teachers to become students of their students’ thinking.… Read More ›
Lesson Study: Resources for Administrators, Educators and Guardians
In order to improve student learning, teachers need opportunities to observe and discuss instruction. Lesson study provides a structure for teachers to collaborate around pressing problems of practice and to engage in cycles of inquiry to explore the intersection of pedagogy and student learning. School Administrators Are you a school leader or department head who wants a… Read More ›
Lesson Study: Exploring the Impact of Student-Centered Learning on Mathematics
As remote learning becomes part of our new reality due to COVID-19, it is critical that schools set up structures to address the challenges and inequities that occur with online education. Now, more than ever, we need systems that support collaborative inquiry so teachers can test and refine practices that center student thinking, support deeper learning and build students’… Read More ›
Maximizing Student Engagement and Learning: A Guide to High School Planning During COVID-19
Springpoint spoke with over 40 leaders from schools, districts, networks and organizations around the country to hear what went well in spring 2020, what they learned and how they are planning for a fall like no other. The insights and reflections from those interviews informed this publication, which aims to help school leaders and their… Read More ›
How to Better Support Your Black Colleagues
Black teachers change schools or abandon the profession at higher rates than their White counterparts, so supporting the needs of Black teachers is crucial in the fight for racial justice in our schools. For schools to be truly student-centered, they will need to be able to attract, retain and support teachers of color. This Edutopia… Read More ›
State Guidance for Building Resilient and Equitable Education Systems
This guidebook was created in response to COVID-19’s disruption to help guide education policymakers and stakeholders in taking action to create resilient and equitable education systems. This guidance provides education stakeholders with important considerations for this calendar year and beyond on how to advance personalized, competency-based systems that empower students to master rigorous learning pathways… Read More ›
Black Student Voices: Reflecting on Race and Racism in Schools
As thousands of students joined demonstrations across the country against police abuse, Education Week spoke with 10 Black high school students from every corner of the US about how issues of race and racism should be handled in schools. The series features videos of recorded conversations where students tell educators what they need in schools,… Read More ›
Using Social Justice to Promote Student Voice
This article describes how a middle school teacher nurtures student voice by teaching students to articulate their views on topics they care about. The author describes an assignment during distance learning that asked students to look at the ways in which intersectionality and systemic issues played out in a topic they cared about. Issues of… Read More ›
Social Justice Mathematics and Science Resources
This list highlights resources for teaching social justice in math and science classrooms. It includes science and math lessons and other classroom resources, general social justice resources for educators, books, and more. Dr. Kari Kokka, an educator-organizer engaged in Social Justice Mathematics work and an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Pittsburgh… Read More ›