EdTech That Connects
This free, searchable market map features edtech tools designed to connect students—to new people, supports, and opportunities. This article by the The Christensen Institute, which created the map, provides a great introduction to the tool and frames the important potential of these tools to expand students’ networks and lessen gaps in access to social capital. The… Read More ›
The Opportunity Myth
This report showcases the findings from a large study conducted by The New Teacher Project (TNTP) in an effort to answer the question, “How can so many students be graduating from high school unprepared to meet their goals for college and careers?”. TNTP partnered with five diverse school systems, rural and urban, district and charter, to listen… Read More ›
‘Principal’ed Teaching and Innovative Student-Centered Practices
This was originally posted on the Center for Collaborative Education on May 4, 2017. Adrian Robbins and Elijah Wright, 10th-graders at the Met School, filmed and edited an accompanying video for Students at the Center Hub. Did you know the title “Principal” comes from the fact that the principal was originally known as the “principal teacher”… Read More ›
A National Landscape Scan of Personalized Learning in K-12 Education in the United States
This publication provides findings from a national survey of teachers and students to underscore how, and to what extent, core elements of personalized learning are taking hold in K-12 schools and districts across the United States. iNACOL partnered with the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), NORC at the University of Chicago, and LEAP Innovations… Read More ›
Camp C-Block Introduces Blockchain Technology to Black Girls
This article discusses the work done by Project Bitmobile. Project Bitmobile hopes to educate, inform, and inspire young black women in the fields of coding, cyber security, cryptography and blockchain technology. The founder will be touring the country in an RV in the summer and fall teaching young black women about these emerging technologies through… Read More ›
Pittsfield Tries New Approach On Education
This radio clip from New Hampshire Public Radio features Pittsfield schools. The small district of Pittsfield adopted an approach that flips the traditional model of teaching through student-led discussion and independent projects. To learn more about Pittsfield schools, this short case study in Pioneer magazine provides a look at the school. Also check out the… Read More ›
360 Story Lab
The Digital Promise Global’s 360° Story Lab supports young people to produce 360° media on topics that affect their communities. Virtual Reality technology can be used to expose students to many new perspectives, experiences, and places. Students can also learn to be creators not just consumers of this technology. Through experiential storytelling and immersive technologies,… Read More ›
2018 Youth Leadership Institute
The Youth Leadership Institute is designed by youth for you. It is an annual gathering of youth and adult advocates from Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s grantee organizations who are committed to youth leadership, voice, and organizing in building system-level change that is student-centered and grounded in equity. The Youth Leadership Institute seeks to: Promote student-centered learning… Read More ›
Separating the Facts from the Myths in the Competency-Based High School Transcript
This article discusses many misconceptions about competency-based transcripts. As more schools and districts move towards mastery-based assessment systems, transcripts must capture student learning in a fuller way. However, many families, students, and members of the community have concerns that these new transcripts will be hard to read or hurt students’ chances of getting into college.… Read More ›
Let Teens Lead in Makerspaces
This article shares ideas and techniques to let students take ownership of a school’s makerspace in order to develop engagement and personalized learning in a library setting. Letting teens take charge of how they use the materials and the space will change the role of the educator, or librarian to become a guide to help students take… Read More ›
MisEducation
In this podcast, eight student interns report stories from inside New York City’s segregated high school system. From the extreme lack of diversity in specialized high schools to racial disparities in sports access, the team is looking into the policies that maintain a dual system. This episode, the introduction to Season 2 features two students… Read More ›
Youth Leading Youth and Transforming Education
GripTape is an organization that lets go. We let go of the common notion that young people are only capable of certain things. We let go of the fear that young people may not care. Working with an organization that has so much faith in young people, such as myself, has given me so much… Read More ›