CBE 360 Survey Toolkit
Competency-based education (CBE) allows students to master skills and knowledge at their own pace. This toolkit, developed by American Institutes for Research (AIR) features surveys from a recent AIR CBE study which schools can administer to gain a comprehensive picture of CBE implementation in six research-based core areas: learning targets, measurement of learning, instructional approaches and supports,… Read More ›
Student Voice: The Week in Review
In this podcast, students discuss important topics and current events that impact them and their education. The podcast is created and hosted by college students from Student Voice, a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the student movement by empowering students to take action on issues that impact their education. This inaugural episode features DACA, Hurricane Harvey,… Read More ›
Comparing Good Jobs to Good Classrooms: Essential Elements for Supporting People to Learn, Persist, and Succeed
Originally posted on September 19 on Jobs for the Future Recently, I read an employer profile for the Kentucky-based materials manufacturer Universal Woods, written by Steven Dawson. Universal Woods is a manufacturer of hard surface panels and flooring headquartered in Louisville, KY, with 200 employees, and operations in Ohio, Australia, and Belgium. To many, Universal Woods… Read More ›
Using Title I to Promote Deeper Learning
This webinar will address how states can use resources provided by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to implement deeper learning practices in schools and school districts. State and local policymakers, in addition to district and school leaders can use deeper learning as the framework from which to design their plans to meet the ESSA requirements… Read More ›
Behavior Management Tools Might Not Be Best for Student-Centered Learning
This blog is the first in a series on the practical side of cultivating student ownership of learning, produced by JFF’s Student-Centered Learning Research Collaborative. High-quality learning is often messy. It can be noisy and nonlinear and full of surprises. That may be why many of us seek to control it. We establish rules, plans,… Read More ›
Inspire Self-Directed Learning
This article, written by an educator, shares ideas for nurturing self-directed learning in the classroom. It lays out four steps, and related resources, to get ideas and inspiration for trying the Gradual Release of Responsibility approach and Peer-to-Peer Instruction models to build student autonomy. It also includes detailed classroom tips such as relying on context… Read More ›
Pioneering the New Way of Learning: Learner Agency and Opportunity
This article introduces a framework that explores learner agency and student motivation. The article is written by two students from the Leadership Board of GripTape, a youth-led organization that works to build a network and share the message that all youth have the potential and capacity to learn anything they want. The framework discusses the factors… Read More ›
How States and School District Leaders Can Assess Deeper Learning
In this webinar, Gene Wilhoit will discuss an opportunity in ESSA to move the deeper learning agenda in assessment. The webinar also will examine New Hampshire’s Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE), an accountability assessment strategy that combines reduced standardized testing with locally developed common performance assessments. These are designed to support deeper learning through… Read More ›
Advancing Positive Learning Mindsets Through Deeper Learning
This webinar will focus on how educators can nurture positive learning mindsets among their students so they develop better habits and skills that lead to deeper learning outcomes. This event is based on a paper cowritten by two of the panelists—Learning Mindsets and Skills in the Every Student Succeeds Act. The webinar will explore opportunities… Read More ›
The Role of Noncognitive Factors in Student Success
This short research brief and accompanying video, produced by the UChicago Consortium on School Research, highlight some of the big ideas from their research on noncognitive factors. It outlines the importance of the following five factors to student success in the classroom and beyond and examines the importance of student’s environments in the development of these factors… Read More ›
Making Sense of Personalized Learning: What It Looks Like and How It Helps Students
In this webinar, leading national experts will make practical sense of common personalized learning approaches. They will discuss what these approaches look like in the classroom, policy conditions for implementation, and how they can be used to promote specific aspects of college and career readiness. Presenters will include leaders from the College and Career Readiness and… Read More ›
Tools for Looking Under the Hood of Competency-Based Education
This webinar will highlight the forthcoming Competency-based Education (CBE) 360 Survey Toolkit, a resource that uses surveys from a recent AIR CBE study to provide a comprehensive picture of CBE implementation in six research-based core areas. States, districts, and schools that want to realize competency-based education’s (CBE) college and career readiness potential must ensure that core CBE features are… Read More ›