The Learning Policy Institute
This organization is a national education think tank focused on K-12 learning. The Learning Policy Institute conducts, commissions, and communicates high-quality research to shape policies that support equitable and empowering learning for all children. The Learning Policy Institute’s work includes research and policy analyses surrounding the topics of early childhood learning, deeper learning, educator quality,… Read More ›
The Role of Learning Progressions in Competency-Based Pathways
This report focuses on defining learning progressions and learning progressions research, with a particular focus on how state and district leaders can begin to support transitions into competency-based practice. After a 2015 series of conversations with experts in the learning sciences, Achieve convened a set of state leaders, researchers, and practitioners in May 2015 to… Read More ›
Equitable Access to Deeper Learning: A Focus on Students With Disabilities
This article highlights a recent report commissioned by Jobs for the Future (authored by Sharon Vaughn, director of the Meadows Center at the University of Texas, and Louis Danielson, Rebecca Zumeta, and Lynn Holdheide of the American Institutes for Research) that describes the role deeper learning can play in supporting students with various kinds of disabilities.… Read More ›
State Approaches to Competency-Based Education to Support College and Career Readiness for All Students
This brief provides an overview of competency-based education (CBE). Free from the restraints of a one-size-fits-all approach, CBE provides strategies to set college and career readiness expectations for all students while creating personalized education opportunities. Using many state policy examples, this brief looks at specific ways states are using CBE to support college and career readiness… Read More ›
A Northeast Region View of Competency-Based Learning: Definitions, Policies, and Implementation
3–4:30 p.m. ET Join the growing national and regional conversation about proficiency- and competency-based learning, the school and district reform that departs from traditional Carnegie unit and seat-time requirements for students. REL Northeast & Islands researchers will present a new study on definitions and policies related to competency-based learning and implementation across the region, and a representative… Read More ›
Students at the Center Research Series
Students at the Center began with a series of nine research papers, developed in partnership between Jobs for the Future and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, drawing attention to the importance of engaging each student in acquiring the skills, knowledge and expertise needed for success in college and a career. In fall 2013, Students at… Read More ›
Q&A with Rebecca Wolfe, personalized learning’s biggest advocate
What would schools look like if they were designed around the needs of students? That’s the question that drives the work of Rebecca Wolfe, director of the Massachusetts-based Students at the Center project, part of the nonprofit Jobs For the Future. Called “personalized learning,” the idea sounds simple: Let the students dictate the direction and… Read More ›
Why Kids Need to Move, Touch and Experience to Learn
This paper is about the effect physical movement can have on the learning process in children. Schwartz stresses how critical it is that children are able to use their bodies while learning, citing both education studies and neuroscience. Source Organization: Mind/Shift Visit the Resource
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 ›
Expanding Opportunity: The Potential of Anywhere, Anytime Learning
This issue of the Family Involvement Network of Educators newsletter explores the importance of engaging families in anytime, anywhere learning. There is growing understanding of the importance of inequalities in access to interest-driven learning out of the traditional school day in afterschool and summer activities and programs, at cultural institutions, and through digital media. However,… Read More ›
Harvard Family Research Project
This organization seeks to promote family and community involvement in children’s education anywhere and anytime they learn, be that in the home, at school, in community programs, or through digital media. To that end, the Harvard Family Research Project conducts research and documents promising practices, creates frameworks and policy papers, and provides tools for professional… Read More ›