#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 ›
The Underutilized Potential of Teacher to Parent Communication: Evidence from a Field Experiment
This paper documents the findings of a study performed in which teachers and school administrators in a summer high school credit-recovery program sent weekly one-sentence messages via text message, email, or phone call to parents regarding their children’s performance. The findings show that communication between the school, teachers, and parents is imperative for the success of the children. Source Organization:… Read More ›
Personalized Learning: What it Takes to Get Started
2:00-3:00pm ET Learn what it takes to plan and operate a successful personalized learning school. What are the trends shaping the designs for the future of learning? Explore approaches with experts working with schools that have made the transition to personalized learning. Leave with resources and tools for planning and a clear understanding of how… Read More ›
iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium
November 8-11, 2015 iNACOL’s annual conference is the industry’s leading event for K-12 online, blended and competency-based learning. Experts, practitioners, educators, policymakers, and researchers gather and work to transform education. Attendees will find unprecedented networking opportunities and gain access to expertise, analysis, and trends in online, blended and competency education. Through thought-provoking sessions and information… 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 ›
Social-Emotional Learning: Systemic Innovation for Improved Outcomes
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, 2 to 3 p.m. ET An Education Week Webinar, with content provided by SecondStep Guests: Paul Cruz, superintendent, Austin Independent School District, Texas Sherrie Raven, director of SEL, Austin Independent School District, Texas Roger Weissberg, chief knowledge officer, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Moderator: Joan Cole Duffell, executive director,… Read More ›
New School Climate Tool Facilitates Early Intervention On Social-Emotional Issues: Bullying And Suicide Prevention
This article discusses a need to develop a more preventative approach, foster pro-social attitudes and a positive school climate, in order to be able to identify and support the students with hidden bruises as well as intervene with pre-bullies early in their school careers. For the most part, students’ social-emotional concerns start small; if left untreated, though,… 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 ›
Virtual Viewpoints Podcast: Stephen Osborn, RIDE and Daniela Fairchild, Office of Innovation
Stephen Osborn of the Rhode Island Department of Education and Daniela Fairchild of Rhode Island’s Office of Innovation provide some background on each of their offices’ work around personalized learning and touch on their own roles in the Integrated Learning Systems initiative. They also share in more detail their hopes for this grant program’s accomplishments. This… Read More ›
Getting Started in Education Organizing: Resources and Strategies
This guide provides strategies and resources to support community organizing for education reform. It is designed for community organizations that have some previous experience with organizing and want to tackle disparities in the education system. The guide outlines how organizing for education reform differs from other organizing efforts. It explores how to build a base… Read More ›
Virtual Viewpoints Podcast: Interview with Lucas Orwig, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
This is the first episode in a 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 first episode, we talk with Lucas Orwig, a program officer at Nellie… Read More ›
Integrated Learning Systems Grant Initiative Webinar Series: Episode One
In the introductory episode of the Integrated Learning Systems Grant Initiative Webinar series, Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute, Highlander Institute, and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation discuss the details of the Integrated Learning Systems grant initiative which is focused on designing student-centered learning environments across Rhode Island.