Leadership in Action: What are Learning Standards?
This issue brief from the New England Secondary School Consortium’s Leadership in Action series explains what “learning standards” are and how to implement them in the classroom. Source Organization: New England Secondary School Consortium (NESSC) Visit the Resource
Leadership in Action: What are Professional Learning Communities?
This issue brief from the New England Secondary School Consortium’s Leadership in Action series outlines why professional learning communities may be the most effective, affordable, and sustainable school improvement strategy around. Source Organization: New England Secondary School Consortium (NESSC) Visit the Resource
Newsela
Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that’s always relevant: daily news. Newsela makes it easy for an entire class to read the same content, but at a level that’s just right for each student, keeps students engaged with Common Core aligned quizzes that test critical thinking and close reading, automatically… Read More ›
It Takes a Whole Society: Opening Up the Learning Landscape in the High School Years
This report calls for a creating a richer fabric of learning opportunities for youth. A much broader segment of society needs to collaborate to find the means to engage young people in meaningful learning. Nearly one-third of the four million youth who enter high school each year will drop out. The over-reliance on one institution… Read More ›
Cracking the Code: Synchronizing Policy and Practice for Performance-Based Learning
This 2011 report offers recommendations for education leaders and state policymakers operating within time and resource restrictions to work toward competency-based models of learning. Time and resources shouldn’t prohibit states from implementing student-centered, performance-based learning policies. Source Organization: iNACOL Visit the Resource
Integrating Education Technology with Student-Centered Learning
This executive summary provides a look at the potential that education technology offers and the steps needed to better understand when education technology is most effective in student-centered learning and for whom. While education technology can serve as a powerful education tool, it cannot drive reform on its own. To be widely adopted, education technology must… Read More ›
Leadership in Action: Education, Prosperity, and Economic Competitiveness
This issue brief from the New England Secondary School Consortium’s Leadership in Action series outlines why education is so important to the future of our economy and democracy. In today’s knowledge economy, where students are competing for jobs alongside highly educated and motivated graduates from every corner of the globe, education has never been more… Read More ›
Roadmap for Next-Generation State Accountability Systems
This report presents the vision of chief state school officers and state education agencies to dramatically improve student achievement through the development and implementation of next-generation state accountability systems. This roadmap serves as a foundational tool for states to take bold action in developing next-generation accountability systems that are based on the goal of college-… Read More ›
Leadership in Action: What Can the World’s Best Schools Teach Us?
This issue brief from the New England Secondary School Consortium’s Leadership in Action series looks abroad for ideas and lessons that will ensure that our students are culturally competent and prepared to succeed in a global economy. Source Organization: New England Secondary School Consortium (NESSC) Visit the Resource
Securing the Dream
Although Latinos comprise only 8.4% of Massachusetts’ population, their age structure (tilted toward the younger age groupings) and the constant influx of new immigrants from Latin America is transforming the state’s landscape of schools and workplaces. The authors of this compilation of reports present the implications of the disparities (in education, economics, and health) for… Read More ›
The Strengths and Challenges of Community Organizing as an Education Reform Strategy: What the Research Says
In this report, the Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR) examines a growing body of literature on community organizing to understand how this strategy fits into systemic education reform. AISR’s research shows that community organizing for school reform has the potential to create equitable changes, develop innovative education solutions that gather insights from under-served communities,… Read More ›
When Success is the Only Option: Designing Competency-Based Pathways for Next Generation Learning
Competency-based policy is often described simply as flexibility in awarding credit, or an alternative to the Carnegie unit. However, this does not capture the depth of transformation of a system shifting from a time-based system to a learning-based system. This report explores the driving forces behind competency-based innovations and implementation issues, and highlights a number… Read More ›