Progress and Proficiency: Redesigning Grading for Competency Education
This paper is designed to help you as your district or school prepares to create grading practices that reinforce the culture of learning. Visit the Resource →
Deeper Learning For Every Student Every Day
What is Deeper Learning? What does it look like in the classroom? Does it cost more? Can it only be done in high-performing districts or by all-star teachers? This paper highlights Deeper Learning practices in 20 schools across the country before taking on 7 common myths about students, teachers, and schools. Visit the Resource →
Mobility, Connection, Support: Nudging Learners to Better Results
Neuroscience research tells us that the adolescent brain is still developing beyond the teenage years, but what does this mean for student motivation and engagement? The University of Washington Tacoma, in partnership with Persistence Plus, explores the use of mobile “nudging” to help students succeed and persist in post-secondary education. Visit the Resource →
What Parents Want: Education Preferences and Trade-offs
This groundbreaking study finds that nearly all parents seek schools with a solid core curriculum in reading and math, an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, and the development in students of good study habits, strong critical thinking skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills. But some parents also prefer specializations… Read More ›
Neuroeducation: 25 Findings Over 25 Years
informED celebrates the 25th anniversary of the emergence of the field of neuroeducation with a list of the most significant findings in neuroscience education of the past 25 years. Be sure to check out the interactive learning strategies 3D brain map and the related Students at the Center Brainy Approaches to Learning infographic. Read Neuroeducation:… Read More ›
Lasting Impact: A Business Leader’s Playbook for Supporting America’s Schools
This booklet from the Harvard Business School examines how America’s business leaders do, and should, support the nation’s educators, our educational system, and ultimately our students. Researchers start with the “do” question: in the past and today, how do business leaders engage with education? Included are examples drawn from across the country and from diverse… Read More ›
Anytime, Anywhere: Student-Centered Learning for Schools and Teachers
Order now > Anytime, Anywhere: Student-Centered Learning for Schools and Teachers (Harvard Education Press, 2013) synthesizes existing research and practices in the emerging field of student-centered learning, and includes profiles of schools that have embraced this approach. Educators have argued that students should be at the center of learning, constructing new knowledge based on what… Read More ›
Developing Self-Regulating Learners: The Critical Role of Feedback
Informative Article from ASCD’s Putting Students at the Center feature. Visit the Resource →
Building Skills for Independent Learning
Informative Article from ASCD’s Putting Students at the Center feature that suggests three strengths teachers should seek to develop in their students so that they can assume more responsibility as learners: self-regulation, persistence, and collaboration. Visit the Resource →
How Youth Learn: The Neuroscience Behind Ned’s Gr8 8
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Aligning Competencies to Rigorous Standards for Off-track Youth: A Case Study of Boston Day and Evening Academy
For over 17 years, Boston Day and Evening Academy has served a population of young people often left behind: those who are off track to high school graduation or who have dropped out altogether. Through its competency-based approach, BDEA has tackled one of the toughest education conundrums of our time: how to recover low-skilled students two… Read More ›
Personalization in Schools
This paper examines how enhanced adult-youth relationships lead to increased student engagement, youth development and academic performance. It highlights the particular importance of personalization efforts for at-risk populations and non-traditional students and explores technical aspects of implementing personalization in schools. Personalization in secondary education supports student-centered learning and takes place through a variety of relational… Read More ›