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 ›
Goodbye, Long Nights of Lesson Planning: The Secrets to Successful Virtual Co-Teaching
In this article two teachers from different states discuss how they are co-teaching virtually. After meeting at a summer professional development fellowship program, Justin Taylor and Zach Seagle decided they could decrease their workload and support each other by implementing similar core concepts and practices in their government and politics courses in Tennessee and Connecticut. Both… Read More ›
Personalized Learning: How Kids are Getting into College by Mastering Their Skills
In this article, Brian Stack, a Principal from New Hampshire, explores parents’ fears that because colleges do not understand competency education, attendance at a high school implementing this student-centered approach could harm their child’s admissions chances. First, this principal provides a simple overview of competency education for families. Next, he describes competency education efforts at… Read More ›
Most Likely To Succeed Videos and Prompts
The film Most Likely To Succeed (MLTS) has been used by many communities as a catalyst for discussion about the future of education in their community. After receiving ideas and feedback from viewers, the developers have used clips from the film to create a series of prompts to help school communities delve further into the… Read More ›
District Conditions for Scale: A Practical Guide for Scaling Personalized Learning
In this toolkit by KnowledgeWorks the authors begin to explore how to move from isolated school models of student-centered learning to whole systems designed around personalized learning. Researchers at KnowledgeWorks examined existing research in the field and conducted primary research through interviews of more than 30 district superintendents and leadership teams from across the country… Read More ›
Putting Students at the Center: Research Shows Student-Centered Approaches Result in Achievement and Engagement
This article, written by President and CEO of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation (NMEF), Nicholas C. Donohue, discusses the positive impact of student-centered learning practices on the achievement gap. He reviews several studies of school programs that show students in learner-centered classrooms outperform their peers in more traditional school settings; with the highest gains occurring… Read More ›
Blended Learning Magnifies a Teacher’s Power
In this article, Cindy Elsberry, the former superintendent of Horry County Schools in South Carolina, a high-poverty district which won national acclaim for its digital transformation, discusses the importance of blended learning. First, she outlines the six main types of blended learning models used to combine online learning with direct instruction to create a personalized… Read More ›
The Conditions Necessary to Move from a Traditional School District to a True Learning Community
This article suggests the key to effective personalized learning is creation of learning communities for both students and adults in a district. The author focuses on three critical components needed to create such a community: vision, transparency, and culture. The article is a good introduction for district leaders and other interested stakeholders to a larger… Read More ›
Online Learning Day: 8 Trends Improving Student Options
This article begins with a brief overview of the types of online learning available in states across the country as well as the reasons full and part-time online learning can provide a learning pathway for certain student populations not well-served in traditional school settings. The article outlines eight positive trends in online learning. These include… Read More ›