Notes from the Field: Personalized Learning
This blog series was originally posted on August 31, 2016 by The Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE). Students at the Center Hub staff pulled blog quotes. In 2015, CRPE kicked off a multi-year, multi-method study of district and regional systemic efforts to support schools implementing personalized learning. Personalized learning (PL) is designed to tailor… Read More ›
Face the Future: A Game About the Future of Empathy
This November, Facing History and Ourselves and the Institute for the Future will pioneer an online “game for social change” that will convene students, educators, and community members from around the world to imagine what a better future might look like in 2026. This experience will encourage collaboration to build shared visions and meaningful conversation… Read More ›
Rhode Island’s Young Voices for Education Reform
My passion for a good quality education started in middle school. I went to the Gordon School, a small private school in East Providence, Rhode Island, that really focused on putting students in the center of the classroom. As a quiet and timid student, my middle school teachers pushed me to raise my hand in… Read More ›
National Online Learning Day
National Online Learning Day showcases how students of all ages are thriving with the ability to learn online—anywhere, anytime. It seeks to cultivate awareness of, and support for, this ever-growing community of learners and to celebrate the future of online education—wherever technology and our imaginations take us! Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag… Read More ›
#NGLCChat on Project-Based Learning
Join NGLC staff, featured guests, and prominent national leaders to discuss project-based learning, Thursday, September 15 at 4pm PT/7 pm ET. See this link to view a recent twitter chat on Measures that Matter Most to give you a sense of our chats. We would like to invite you to participate in our upcoming chat… Read More ›
A Space to Be Heard
Flying for the first time to Orlando, Florida all the way from Portland, Maine was an adventure in education empowerment. I was en route to Big Picture Learning’s (BPL) 2016 Big Bang Conference, where I would be sitting on a panel of fellow students and superintendents to discuss student voice in education decision making. To… Read More ›
Why Student Voices Matter
Originally posted on ewa.org on August 11, 2016 Here’s why I attended this year’s Education Writers Association National Seminar: As a high school student, I wanted to gain a new perspective on public schools and what is being done to improve them. And as an aspiring journalist, I was hoping to learn more about news coverage… Read More ›
International Institute for Restorative Practices and SaferSanerSchools
The International Institute for Restorative Practices is a graduate school that offers professional development opportunities and resources related to restorative practices. They offer a variety of symposia and conferences for graduate and continuing education credit, as well as free webinars. They also feature online learning communities and newsletters, including SaferSanerSchools News, which focuses on restorative… Read More ›
Restorative Justice in U.S. Schools: Summary Findings from Interviews with Experts
This report provides an overview of the rise and reasons for the use of restorative justice in schools and a summary of practices currently being used. It also explores the successes and challenges of these practices. The report includes a list of related, relevant reports/research on the topic. Of note are “Restorative Justice in U.S.… Read More ›
Center for Restorative Justice and the Institute for Restorative Schools
This website offers programming in restorative practices for all members of the school community – teachers, administrators, support staff, SROs, parents, and students – to assist schools in the development, implementation, and evaluation of school-based restorative practices. The Institute for Restorative Schools is based at the Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University in Boston, MA. Source… Read More ›
Student Success Skills
This tool is designed to teach students cognitive, social, and self-management skills. The program, from Student Success Skills, can be led by a school counselor. Counselors conduct the program with classes or groups of students over five weeks. Teachers sit in to learn more about these skills so they can encourage skill development throughout the year.… Read More ›
Social Emotional Learning in High School: How Three Urban High Schools Engage, Educate, and Empower Youth
This research series from the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education documents practices at three small urban high schools that effectively leverage a systemic school-wide focus on social and emotional learning to educate and empower their students. These schools work to educate the “whole child” by building their ability to know themselves, grow and… Read More ›