School Closure Toolkit for Teachers
Teachers and parents across the country are taking on new and intimidating things this week. While exhausted from taking care of families, we are trying to provide some stability for the kids’ no longer in the classroom. Many of us feel unclear about our role in the delivery of online learning, and expectations seem to change by the minute. Uncertainty is what we all have in common right… Read More ›
My Greatest Teaching Problem Was Feedback. Here’s How Research Helped Me Solve It
In this article, a high school English teacher shares how her approach to student feedback has changed through her teaching career. She describes how she turned formative assessment into a shared responsibility by using self and peer feedback in her classroom. She outlines the work she did to better understand feedback literacy and the metacognitive… Read More ›
The Novice to Expert Shift
This article presents useful take-aways from a small scale study of students participating in a student-driven, problem-based science curriculum. Researchers found the prompts and support instructors used to guide students through the curriculum and activities, sometimes called thinking scaffolds, were critical to the growth of deeper level thinking skills. Any teacher launching a problem-based project… Read More ›
Making Powerful Educational Choices for our Children
This article calls on parents to advocate for student-centered learning. Written by a fellow parent, it outlines the advantages of learner-centered education. It could be used as a source of inspiration for any group of parents interested in advocating for changes in the education system. Source Organization: Today Parenting Visit the Resource
3 Steps to Rethink Failure
This article focuses on the important role failure plays in the creation of future success. It outlines three steps educators can use to help students rethink their negative associations with failure and see its more positive side. The suggestions are general and could be useful to any educator or parent who wants to instill a growth… Read More ›
Culturally Responsive Schools
This issue of ASCD Express focuses on ways to build culturally responsive schools. It features articles on several related topics including the importance of understanding students’ home culture, relevant lessons from the historical study of black academic excellence, and steps school leaders can take to encourage equity school-wide. It also showcases a video on supporting… Read More ›
Digital Learning Day Resources
Digital Learning Day, started in 2012, is a yearly event to highlight great teaching practice and showcase innovative teachers, leaders, and instructional technology programs that are improving student outcomes. Schools across the country can plan their own activities to celebrate digital learning and share these ideas with other practitioners through an interactive map. To help… Read More ›
The Science of Talking in Class
In this article, one of the authors discusses the findings of a recent review of the research studies on the effectiveness of collaboration in the classroom. The study, “How effective is peer interaction in facilitating learning? A meta-analysis,” was published in the Journal of Educational Psychology. The author offers some take aways for teachers implementing… Read More ›
From the Pueblo to College: The Journey of Two Rural Students
This series of three videos documents the personal and academic stories of two students from the Pueblo of Jemez in New Mexico. Temeya Gachupin from Walatowa High Charter School, run by the Pueblo of Jemez, and Justin Madalena from Jemez Valley High School, a traditional district school, discuss the challenges they faced in high school… Read More ›
Ready for Take Off: Youth Action Researchers at the Intersection (YARI)
At the YARI Kick-Off Event last week, we welcomed into the Student-Centered Learning Research Collaborative family ten youth researchers who are “twice exceptional” — they possess both a learning difference and face marginalization connected to race, language, sexuality, and/or income. KnowledgeWorks is leading the project with our partners from the Center for Youth and Community… Read More ›
Black Girls CODE
Since 2011, Black Girls CODE has been empowering young women of color to learn the technology and computer science skills needed to become leaders in the field. Girls age 7-17 learn coding skills at workshops and after school programs. Black Girls CODE’s is committed to providing African-American youth with the skills to occupy some of… Read More ›
Black Lives Matter at School Teaching Materials
As part of the Black Lives Matter at School Action Week, this webpage lists resources which align with the Black Lives Matter guiding principles and focus on improving the school experience for students of color. Resources include the Black Lives Matter at School 2020 Curriculum Resource Guide as well as resource compilations created for this… Read More ›