Youth On Board
This website, a program of YouthBuild USA, facilitates/co-facilitates a number of groups to develop young leaders and give them a voice in education reform. Of note, the Boston Student Advisory Council (BSAC) involves representatives from each local high school in decision-making at Boston Public Schools, addressing issues such as small school design, school safety, graduation… Read More ›
Young Voices
This website works to empower low-income urban youth to become leaders in communities across Rhode Island, advocating for policy changes. At the district and local levels students conduct research, make policy recommendations, and work with school leaders to increase graduation and attendance rates. At the state-level youth have testified at hearings on state education funding… Read More ›
Metacognition: The Gift That Keeps Giving
This short article discusses the benefits of teaching metacognition explicitly in the classroom. The author suggests several tips to help students become more metacognitive including, providing metaphors that students can relate to, looking for opportunities to discuss metacognition across subjects, providing opportunities to chose learning topics, and modeling thinking strategies aloud while teaching. Source Organization:… Read More ›
Student Voice Rubric
This rubric is designed to help schools assess their inclusion of student voices in six key areas such as school governance and classroom culture. It also helps schools think through the qualities of student voices, including real leadership roles and appealing to students’ interests. The tool is the culmination of one year of research by… Read More ›
Partnership for Change
This website, established in 2012, brings together local nonprofit and education organizations, government, and businesses within the school districts of Burlington and Winooski, Vermont to improve student-centered education. They are working in partnership to implement five levers of change: strengthening youth engagement and leadership, reshaping teaching and learning, personalized and proficiency based learning, family and… Read More ›
2015 Student Technology Conference
The 2015 Student Technology Conference (StuTech 2015), a student-organized global conversation about technology in education, takes place Saturday, January 31st from 9am – 9pm US-Eastern Standard Time. This online event (held in Blackboard Collaborate) is open to all and will feature student keynote speakers and conference presentations by students in grades 6-12. We hope you will… Read More ›
CBHS Principal Named 2014 Lawrence O’Toole Award Recipient
This article provides information on the 2014 Larry O’Toole Award winner. Casco Bay High School Principal Derek Pierce was awarded the Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s 3rd Annual Larry O’Toole Award. The award and monetary prize is given annually to a New England school, district, or organization dedicated to student-centered learning. Casco Bay High School is… Read More ›
“Meeting Standards in a Student-Centered, Proficiency-based Classroom”
This video from the Sanford Public Schools, “Meeting Standards in a Student-Centered, Proficiency-Based Classroom” features students speaking about their experiences in a proficiency-based classroom. Source Organization: Sanford School Department
Ready for College and Career
The report finds that a range of cross-cutting skills like communication, innovation and self-regulation are crucial to student success. Student-centered approaches to learning can equip students with a range of skills necessary to succeed on the Common Core State Standards exams, in college, and in their careers. Source Organization: The Nellie Mae Education Foundation VISIT… Read More ›
More Efficient High Schools in Maine: Emerging Student-Centered Learning Communities
More Efficient High Schools in Maine: Emerging Student-Centered Learning Communities explores whether schools can be high performing, efficient, and student-centered at the same time. Seven of Maine’s high schools were selected for the study, of which five were classified as “more efficient” by exhibiting higher student academic performance and a higher return on spending. Findings… Read More ›
Getting Down to Dollars and Cents: What Do School Districts Spend to Deliver Student-Centered Learning?
This report provides a critical foundation for the delivery of student-centered learning by exploring three questions: How is student-centered learning delivered? What resources are needed to implement student-centered learning? How does district spending on student-centered learning compare with spending on traditional schools? Findings show that the implementation of student-centered approaches can be tailored and affordable… Read More ›
Walk in our Shoes
The Providence Student Union invited local politicians and public leaders to make the 2.96 mile walk to school necessitated by poor bus pass legislation. Source Organization: Providence Student Union VISIT THE RESOURCE