Tag / Topic: Curriculum and Instruction

Student-Centered Learning Environments: How and Why

An educator’s role is changing from the traditional “imparter of knowledge” to that of coach and consultant. Do-it-yourself, student-to-student teaching, project-based learning, and student-centered learning environments are some of the more encouraging programs that promote this idea. This resource page from Edutopia offers a list of resources and posts about these methodologies. Source Organization: Edutopia… Read More ›

Maine Department of Education

This website, Maine’s Department of Education, provides information about the state’s vision, goals, and core priorities. Maine’s website is well-organized and provides education information for a number of different audiences. It is worth taking a look at if you are interested in learning more about how a state might support a student-centered education system. Source… Read More ›

Maine Department of Education Youtube channel

A curated set of videos showcasing what education looks like in Maine. Featured videos include: A Teacher’s Perspective: Unpacking the Standards; History Day: School-wide Performance Assessment; Student Choice & Voice: At Their Own Pace. Videos cut across K-12, but many of the videos tend to be set in elementary and middle school. See a sample… Read More ›

Council of Chief State School Officers: Innovation Lab Network

The Innovation Lab Network (ILN) is a group of states taking action to identify, test, and implement student-centered approaches to learning that will transform our public education system. The goal of the ILN is to spur system-level change by scaling locally-led innovation to widespread implementation, both within and across states, with a constant focus on… Read More ›

iWalkthrough

This system was developed to help educators continually improve instructional quality and school improvement. iWalkthrough is a collaborative, education technology-driven system for collecting and analyzing data on school-wide practices that is opening new frontiers in data-informed self-analysis and comprehensive professional development for schools. The system provides a wealth of information for educators, helping them strengthen… Read More ›

TEDEd: Lessons Worth Sharing

Use engaging videos to create customized lessons, one can adapt and edit any lesson featured on TED-Ed, or create lessons from scratch around any YouTube video. Watch the video to learn how. Source Organization: TEDEd VISIT THE RESOURCE

Making Writing Essential to Teens Lives

This guide on teen-writing includes interviews with inspiring teachers, tips, and a diverse collection of student writing projects from across the country-all with a public audience in mind. The guide also includes resources for teaching writing in a student-centered way. Source Organization: What Kids Can Do VISIT THE RESOURCE

A Guide to Creating Teen-Adult Conversations in Your Community

This guide, from What Kids Can Do, is filled with sample panel discussions, interactive exercises, handouts, tips, resources, and readings to enable and empower communities interested in hosting public events/occasions where adults and young people can find common ground. Source Organization: What Kids Can Do and MetLife Foundation Visit the Resource

Students as Allies in Improving Their Schools

What if teachers and students became steady allies rather than frequent adversaries in their daily classroom encounters? With support from MetLife Foundation, What Kids Can Do has explored this question for several years in an initiative called “Students as Allies.” In Chicago, Houston, Oakland, Philadelphia, and St. Louis, What Kids Can Do has collaborated with… Read More ›

Gaining Attraction: Urban Educators’ Perspectives on the Critical Factors Influencing Student Achievement

This study finds that higher performing schools displayed greater focus and competency in three broad areas of practice: leadership and staffing; school culture; and curriculum and instruction. The study report outlines specific strategies employed by higher performing schools with respect to each of these areas of practice and presents illustrative case vignettes drawn from these schools.… Read More ›

How Building a Car Can Drive Deeper Learning

This video highlights the importance of real-world application to drive a deeper learning. Math used to be a struggle for 14-year-old Kathryn, until she fell in love with cars and started a hands-on project to build her own. Now the math matters and makes sense, and a whole new world of learning has opened up for… Read More ›