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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 ›

Resource: Article

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 ›

Resource: Webinar

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 ›

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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 ›

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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 ›

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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 ›

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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

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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 ›

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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 ›

Resource: Article

Why a School’s Master Schedule Is a Powerful Enabler of Change

This KQED MindShift blog article follows the school-wide improvement led by Principal Jerry Smith at Luella High School outside Atlanta, Georgia. Looking to drastically transform classrooms and move to a more inquiry-based approach, the school competed for and won a Next Generation Systems Initiative grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to begin their… Read More ›

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Digital Accessibility Toolkit

This toolkit was produced by the Center on Technology and Disability at American Institutes for Research (AIR), in partnership with the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). Personalized instruction often relies on the use of digital learning resources. Accessibility is essential for leveraging technology and providing educational opportunities for all students, including those with disabilities and English… Read More ›

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Competency Education and Personalized Learning

This short video produced by KnowledgeWorks provides an introduction to the concepts and need for competency-based learning. The video discusses students’ learning differences and shows the potentially negative impact of the traditional system in which students can advance from grade to grade without mastering all the foundational skills they will need for the next grade… Read More ›

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