Discipline Through a Personalized Learning Lens
This article, written by a former secondary school teacher, shares strategies for harnessing the fundamental principles of personalized learning to help with discipline. The author asserts that a disciplinary culture that uses a personalized learning lens may help transition schools away from punitive, zero-tolerance policies, and create more empowered and successful students. She makes several suggestions, such… Read More ›
Internships Aren’t All About Careers
This blog post by Tristen Gamboa, a junior at High Tech High North County presents a student’s view of the internship experience, and his growing understanding of the concept of ‘deeper learning’. Tristen’s four week internship at the Center for Research on Equity & Innovation (CREI) influenced his thoughts about college readiness and his career path. He… Read More ›
VR, PBL, and OERs: Four High Hopes for Learning with Edtech in the New School Year
This article highlights four strategies for using technology to improve learning and empower students which the author, Kerry Gallagher, a Digital Learning Specialist, hopes teachers will embrace. Each fall she surveys trends in the ed tech landscape and shares thoughts for the coming year. First, she hopes educators will teach students to create with virtual… Read More ›
Educator Advocates in the Know
This webinar is an interactive conversation with Jonathan Martin, author, consultant, and expert in assessment involving social and emotional competencies. Martin, who was featured in ASCD’s most recent issue of Policy Priorities: A Bright Future with SEL, will share his perspective on social and emotional measures related to ESSA’s accountability requirements. Participants will have plenty… Read More ›
Powerful Leaders: Reflections on Student Voice
I have always been interested in public policy and government. I grew up watching the news on Sunday mornings and every day after school. I always knew that I wanted to be involved and have a voice, and joining Young Voices gave me that opportunity. Young Voices, a Providence based-youth organizing group, trains young people… Read More ›
Research Collaborative Seminar: Rehumanizing Mathematics Education
This Research Collaborative Seminar questions: How can educators rehumanize mathematics learning and establish assessments that serve as both a window and a mirror? The featured presenter in this video is Dr. Rochelle Gutiérrez, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Research has demonstrated that well-designed personalized… Read More ›
The Student-Centered Learning Podcast
Created by Students at the Center Distinguished Fellow Arthur Eduardo Baraf, this podcast explores the many facets of student-centered learning. In this featured episode, Baraf interviews Courtney Jacobs, a veteran teacher and coach who works with schools through the Great Schools Partnership in New England. They discuss the “what” and “why” of competency-based learning, and the “how” of… Read More ›
Why Growth Mindset Isn’t Working in Schools…Yet
In this opinion piece, Rupa Chandra Gupta former Redesign administrator at a California middle school, and a founder of the growth tracking tool Sown to Grow, discusses the disconnect between teachers’ sense of the importance of teaching a growth mindset and their confidence that they have the strategies and support to do so. The author suggests… Read More ›
What the Savviest School Administrators Know About Education Technology
This article discusses the challenge administrators face as they choose between a large array of ed technology for their schools. Administrators must take into consideration evidence of effectiveness, privacy, and time needed for training, amongst a host of other criteria when selecting technology to support personalized learning. The article outlines and provides links to a… Read More ›
Glossary of Instructional Strategies
This glossary defines over 1,000 instructional strategies, including many used in student-centered environments. The short entries use simple, clear language. This tool will be helpful to families and community members who need quick definitions of education terms used by their child’s teachers and school leaders. Source Organization: Kelly Jo Rowan Visit the Resource
Ensuring ‘Anytime Anywhere’ Access in a High-Poverty District
This transcript of an interview with Deputy Superintendent of Educational Services for the Santa Ana Unified School District, David Haglund, covers the importance of access to high quality technology and experiences for students from high poverty districts. He discusses how their district has used Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies and allocated scarce resources to… Read More ›
Bringing Social and Emotional Learning to the Forefront: What Happens When Districts Prioritize SEL?
This webinar will examine what Social Emotional Learning looks like in practice, and what leaders can do to support it. The discussion will touch on how Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) allows for measures of SEL within accountability systems, and the limitations of such measures if SEL is not a priority of a school and/or… Read More ›