C-Town Summer Bridge Program: A Professor’s Perspective
Jaime Mahoney, an associate professor at Bunker Hill Community College, shares her involvement as an instructor for the C-Town Tech Summer Bridge Program. Afterwards, be sure to read our “Applying the Framework” summary that connects Jaime’s story to the Students at the Center Framework. As the developer of the 2015 C-Town Tech Summer… Read More ›
Introducing the Fuse Architect Schools – Newport Area Career and Technical Center
Led by Director Rob Young, the Newport Area Career and Technical Center’s (NACTC) program has pockets of student centered learning embedded throughout the school; however, the Fuse Architect design team, would like to expand these pockets to develop a more robust student-centered and blended learning approach. While this may seem like just a simple… Read More ›
Introducing the Fuse Architect Schools – Barrington High School
The only high school within the district of Barrington Public Schools, the school population information for the 2016-17 school year is shared in the table below. # of students % of Free and Reduced Lunch % of English as a Second Language % of Special Education Services 1000 6% 1% 11% Barrington High School… Read More ›
Let’s Get Real: Deeper Learning and the Power of the Workplace
In this report, Nancy Hoffman argues that in a period when very few teens have access to jobs, high school experience must incorporate gradual exposure to the workplace. Educators today assert that “college and career readiness” should be the goal for every high school student, but “career readiness” is too often an empty tagline. What… Read More ›
College and Career Academy Support Network
This site brings together resources for career and college high school academies. The site includes links to curriculum and other content resources, support organizations, and many tools and guides, such as the Master Schedule Guide for schools using a linked learning or multiple pathways/academies approach. While the site is most relevant to California Partnership academies,… Read More ›
Ready for College and Career
The report finds that a range of cross-cutting skills like communication, innovation and self-regulation are crucial to student success. Student-centered approaches to learning can equip students with a range of skills necessary to succeed on the Common Core State Standards exams, in college, and in their careers. Source Organization: The Nellie Mae Education Foundation VISIT… Read More ›
Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century
This report describes the important set of key skills that today’s students need to increase deeper learning, college and career readiness, student-centered learning, and higher order thinking. Source Organization: The National Academies Press Visit the Resource
A New Era of Education Reform: Preparing All Students for Success in College, Career and Life
This report is on the 2010 statewide survey conducted by the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy of superintendents, charter school leaders, and principals to gauge the extent to which they support the integration of 21st century skills into public education. In an increasingly complex and global economy, the knowledge and skills required for students… Read More ›
Disconnected Young Adults in New England
This study provides an overview of the scope, scale, and consequences of the current disconnected young adult challenge. The authors offer policy recommendations to make the education system more flexible for this high-risk population. In New England alone, 10%, or 142,000 young adults ages 18-24 are “disconnected,” or leaving the public education system without the… Read More ›
Rising to the Challenge: Are High School Graduates Prepared for College and Work?
This article introduces a new national survey released by Achieve in December 2014. The report surveyed over 1,300 recent public school graduates about their perception of rigor in high school and preparation for college and careers. The article’s author also suggests several policies districts and states might tackle to improve students preparation for life after… Read More ›
Ready for College and Career?
What will it really take to ensure more youth are prepared to thrive in the 21st century? This report finds that a range of cross-cutting skills like communication, innovation and self-regulation are crucial to student success. Student-centered approaches to learning can equip students with a range of skills necessary to do well on the Common… Read More ›