Carol Dweck Revisits the “Growth Mindset”
Originally posted on Education Week on September 22, 2015 For many years, I secretly worked on my research. I say “secretly” because, once upon a time, researchers simply published their research in professional journals—and there it stayed. However, my colleagues and I learned things we thought people needed to know. We found that students’ mindsets—how… Read More ›
New Blog Series: Students at the Center Everyday
The Students at the Center Hub curates and documents the best student-centered practices online and off to provide the field with strategies to enhance learning experiences for all young people. We prioritize resources, tools, and experiences that reflect the heart of our mission: that all students have access to meaningful opportunities to acquire the skills,… Read More ›
Three Tips to Pump Up Student Voice in Your Classroom
This article highlights strategies to improve student engagement through developing student voice. The author offers three approaches for supporting youth in finding their own voice, including blogging, social media, and other project-based examples. Source Organization: EdSurge Read full article
Equitable Access to Deeper Learning: A Focus on Students With Disabilities
This article highlights a recent report commissioned by Jobs for the Future (authored by Sharon Vaughn, director of the Meadows Center at the University of Texas, and Louis Danielson, Rebecca Zumeta, and Lynn Holdheide of the American Institutes for Research) that describes the role deeper learning can play in supporting students with various kinds of disabilities.… Read More ›
Virtual Viewpoints Podcast: Emily Zilly and Students, Rogers High School
This episode is the fifth in our series documenting the Fuse Architect Project, a collaboration between the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the Highlander Institute, and several other Rhode Island-based stakeholders endeavoring to design and pilot systems that promote student centered learning. In this episode, we’re excited to talk with Emily Zilly, science teacher at Rodgers… Read More ›
#21stEdChat Twitter Chat on Student Voice
The Nellie Mae Education Foundation @NellieMaeEdFdn is hosting a Twitter chat on Sunday and we hope you can attend! Join #21stEdChat this Sunday, July 26th from 8 pm – 9 pm EST to talk about student voice. You can join the chat simply by following and using the hashtag #21stEdChat. We’ll be tweeting questions with… Read More ›
SXSWedu
SXSWedu supports innovations in learning for education practitioners, industry leaders and policy makers who share a passion for modernizing learning and building best practices that can be applied from early childhood to higher education in both formal and informal environments. Check back soon for more information on student-centered sessions at SXSWedu! Learn more and access… Read More ›
Virtual Viewpoints Podcast: Paula Dillon, Barrington Public Schools
This episode is the third in our series documenting the Integrated Learning Systems project, a collaboration between the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the Highlander Institute, and several other Rhode Island-based stakeholders endeavoring to design and pilot systems that promote student centered learning. In this episode, we’re talking with Paula Dillon, the Assistant Superintendent of Barrington… Read More ›
Students Give Thumbs Up for Brain Based Teaching
This article in The Edmond Sun describes the efforts of a local teacher to make metacognition come alive in her second-grade classroom. She explicitly teaches students how the brain works. In one lesson students use pipe cleaners to represent neural pathways and create a class brain, making visible learning pathways by connecting concepts from one… Read More ›
SoundOut
This organization works with schools to build student voice through meaningful student involvement. Its website offers many resources for students, teachers, administrators, and community leaders working on school reform. The issues section contains overviews of key concepts including meaningful student involvement, student voice, student engagement, and student/adult partnerships. The tools section includes toolboxes on meaningful student… Read More ›
Boston Student Advisory Council Facebook Page
Boston Student Advisory Council (BSAC) is a student-led organization to empower youth in Boston to have a voice in decision-making. Jointly administered by Youth on Board and Boston Public Schools, the group consists of 2 elected student representatives from most of Boston’s high schools. Students meet bi-weekly, choosing topics of interest to research. Students then… Read More ›
Student Voice Collaborative
This organization works in NYC to support student involvement in school change. Students from 16 schools come together to support each other and build the skills they identified in effective community leaders, such as speaking and listening, conducting sound research, collaborating and organizing, solving problems fairly and with flexibility, and understanding school systems. One research… Read More ›