UDL Studio by CAST
Create dynamic, Universal Design for Learning supported learning environments with the UDL Studio, developed by the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST). Visit the Resource
A Mathematics Identity and Mathematics Outside School
JFF interviewed Dr. Rochelle Gutiérrez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professor, at the 2012 Students at the Center Symposium in Boston, MA, about the importance of student-centered learning and where it’s heading. The symposium gathered 150 leading practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and funders to discuss the latest research on student-centered approaches to learning. Gutiérrez wrote Latino/a and Black… Read More ›
Literacy Practices for African-American Male Adolescents: The Students at the Center Series
This paper, placing student-centered learning in the context of race and gender, reviews literature on factors that impede reading achievement, provides a socio-historical perspective for advancing African-American male literacy, proposes a framework of literacy instruction and discusses implications for research, policy and practice. Focusing on African-American males, the author describes how current school literacy practices… Read More ›
Latino/a and Black Students and Mathematics: The Students at the Center Series
This report examines a wide variety of mathematical practices and competencies that are missed by school mathematics. Furthermore, it highlights the voices of learners themselves—what meanings they place on mathematics and mathematical learning. Using new perspectives on mathematics as a cultural and social activity and new research on learning outside the school, the authors ask… Read More ›
Educators for Social Responsibility
Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) works directly with educators to implement systemic practices that create safe, caring, and equitable schools so that all young people succeed in school and life, and help shape a safe, democratic, and just world. Founded in 1982, ESR is a national leader in school reform and provides professional development, consultation,… Read More ›
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) was founded in 1994 by Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, educator/philanthropist Eileen Rockefeller Growald, and a group of distinguished researchers and practitioners. CASEL is a nonprofit organization that works to advance the science and evidence-based practice of social and emotional learning. Visit the Resource →
Youth Speaks
Committed to a critical, youth-centered pedagogy, Youth Speaks places young people in control of their intellectual and artistic development. Youth Speaks is urgently driven by the belief that literacy is a need, not a want, and that literacy comes in various forms. Visit the Resource →
What Kids Can Do, Inc.
What Kids Can Do (WKCD) is a national nonprofit founded in 2001 by an educator and a journalist with more than 60 years combined experience supporting adolescent learning in and out of school. Using digital, print, and broadcast media, WKCD presses before the broadest audience possible a dual message: the power of what young people… Read More ›
Gardener Center for Youth and Communities
Mission The John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities (JGC) at Stanford University partners with communities to develop leadership, conduct research and effect change to improve the lives of youth. Principles Our work is rooted in the principles of community youth development: a community only prospers when its young people prosper, and young… Read More ›
Usable Knowledge
The Usable Knowledge website, managed by the Harvard Graduate School of Education are intended to disseminate key practice and policy lessons derived from current education research. Topic areas include: Leadership and policy Learning and development Decisions through data Community and family Teaching and curriculum Visit the Resource →
Mind, Brain, and Education Journal
Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE), recognized as the 2007 Best New Journal in the Social Sciences & Humanities by the Association of American Publishers’ Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division, provides a forum for the accessible presentation of basic and applied research on learning and development, including analyses from biology, cognitive science, and education. Visit the… Read More ›
SAM Animation
SAM Animation is user-friendly software designed specifically for K-12 students and teachers, allowing for quick and easy creation of stop-motion animations in content ranging from photosynthesis to Newton’s Laws to poetry to fractions. (Students at the Center does not officially endorse SAM Animation, but views it as a resource) Visit the Resource →