Five Strategies for Advancing Student-Centered Innovation

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In response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Michigan-based Future of Learning Council, share five strategies for addressing challenges revealed by the pandemic. The strategies were developed by looking at innovations policymakers and educators implemented as temporary strategies to better meet the needs of individual students. What of these temporary strategies can become… Read More ›

Education in the Balance: Tensions Affecting Education’s Future

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Education leaders at all levels need to grapple with key issues and tensions as they strive to meet learners’ needs, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to understand how to support and empower school systems in tumultuous times, we explore three topics in the series Education in the Balance: Tensions Affecting Education’s Futures: leadership… Read More ›

For Students, Lived Experience = Expertise

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As I watched the youth researchers deliver their project presentations during the conclusion of the YARI Project held in December 2020, I beamed with excitement, awe, inspiration and pride. After a formidably challenging year, to say the least, the youth researchers forged ahead and persisted to successfully complete their research projects. The final event did… Read More ›

Highlighting the Importance of Relationships During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Associate Principal Darius Green sat down to reflect and describe what student-centered learning has been like for his school community during COVID-19. For him, building relationships is the cornerstone of a thriving school community. Leaders and educators must be honest in how they address social injustices to give each student what they need to be… Read More ›

A Need to Evolve: The Impact of Strained Education Systems

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Education systems’ capacity to address the complex problems they face is limited. Will new approaches and funding address looming challenges? Or will systems continue to rely on inadequate approaches and structures? KnowledgeWorks’ Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, and Rita Pello, program manager for impact and improvement, join Jason Swanson, director of strategic foresight, to… Read More ›

Promising Practices and Recommendations for Designing Dual Enrollment for Students from Special Populations

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In Dual Enrollment for Students from Special Populations: Improving College Transitions for English Learners, Students with Disabilities, Foster Youth and Young People Experiencing Homelessness, JFF explores promising practices and recommendations for designing dual enrollment with the assets and needs of these students at the center. Interest in dual enrollment opportunities in California is at an all-time high, enough… Read More ›

Report on Promising Practices to Accelerate Learning for Students with Disabilities

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What are proven, effective models and considerations for student populations who have been historically marginalized, especially students with disabilities? A new report from the National Center for Learning Disabilities looks at just that, with emphasis on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected opportunity gaps for those students. The student-centered approaches they found to work include:… Read More ›

Culturally Responsive Education Hub

Resources for teachers and leaders that capture the power of culturally responsive teaching and tools to become more culturally responsive.

Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) focuses on providing quality education to all students, with curriculum and content reflective of their identities and school environments that are safe and supportive. The Culturally Responsive Education (CRE) Hub provides history, tools and resources to learn about and build the movement for culturally responsive education and ethnic studies. The site… Read More ›