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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
How Lobsters are Keeping Students in School
This article explores the move to a personalized learning program in one small rural community in Maine. Deer Isle-Stonington High School was struggling with one of the highest dropout rates in the state, losing many students early to the lobster fishing industry that is the life-blood of the town. A school improvement plan, begun in… Read More ›
Civic Engagement in the Digital Age
This video introduces Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age, a partnership between Civic Engagement Research Group, the National Writing Project, and Oakland Unified School District, to bring more civic engagement opportunities to all youth in Oakland, California. The project supports teachers as well as educating the community about the importance of civic engagement. Through… Read More ›
RadicalMath
This is a resource for educators interested in integrating issues of social and economic justice into their math classes and curriculum. On the RadicalMath website, visitors will find over 700 lesson plans, articles, charts, graphs, data sets, maps, books, and websites. Source Organization: RadicalMath Visit the Resource
The Promise of Personalized Learning in Rural America
This paper explores the application of personalized learning in rural schools, discusses and proposes solutions to the practical and policy barriers to implementation, and shares lessons learned from early adopters, including three case studies from rural communities in Maine, Wyoming, and Nevada. The paper outlines a number of suggestions to help rural policy makers, administrators,… Read More ›
Can Personalized Learning Work in Rural America?
In this article, the author asserts that personalized learning can help resolve some of the unique challenges that rural schools and students in rural districts face. However, most of the initiatives to implement personalized learning, and the corresponding education research, have focused on urban settings. The article looks at how implementation in a rural setting is… Read More ›
8 Tech Tips for Differentiating in an Inclusion Classroom
In this article, an educator who has worked for ten years with students with disabilities shares eight tips for differentiating in an inclusion classroom. The author gives examples from her experiences of how to better engage students with disabilities through access to technology in the classroom. Some of the tips include ‘use technology tools to close… Read More ›
3 Words to Bring Equity Into Science
This article urges science teachers to look beyond standards to develop engaging, culturally relevant curriculum. Rather than starting with the standards, the author suggests using “ethics”, “well-being”, and “community” as a lens to identify topics relevant to students’ lives. This article puts forward an approach science teachers can use individually or in teams to create… Read More ›
Catalyzing Mastery-Based Learning: NYC’s Mastery Collaborative
This article describes the Mastery Collaborative created by the New York City Department of Education. The Collaborative consists of 40 schools, eight of which are Living Lab schools. Living Lab schools share resources and tools with other members and are open for visitors to see what mastery-based education looks like and learn from fellow educators. The… Read More ›