Women’s History Month Lessons, Activities, Background Reading, and More
The National Education Association (NEA) has assembled a list of lessons and other resources for grades 9-12 to celebrate March 2017 National Women’s History Month “Honoring Trailblazing Women in Labor and Business”. Resources were gathered from a variety of organizations such as Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute and the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History. They… Read More ›
How to Create Higher Performing, Happier Classrooms in 7 Moves: A Playbook for Teachers
This guide, written by Heather Staker, Adjunct Fellow at the Christensen Institute, draws on findings from a pilot study of 7 student-centered practices. Researchers from the Christensen Institute first studied the management principles of companies ranked as great places to work, then translated them into classroom practices that might motivate students. Teachers from three California schools… Read More ›
Black History Month Resources for the Classroom
This compilation brings together 20 lesson plans and resources created by PBS NewsHour Extra to help teachers quickly find high-quality materials for any classroom to engage in authentic student-driven learning about Black History Month. Topics include historical civil rights events and current events. They include descriptions of the targeted grade-level, materials needed, national standards covered,… Read More ›
Evaluating News and Other Sources
This resource combines the short online course, Evaluating News and Other Sources, designed to help older high school and college students understand and assess bias and evaluate sources, as well as an issue of the ASCD Express newsletter, Critical Literacy in the Age of Clickbait, focused on the same topics. Credo Education released its online micro course… Read More ›
Designing for Equity in Next Generation Learning
This toolkit was created to provide support and inspiration to educators and community members who wish to have more meaningful, transparent and transformative conversations about equitable learning. The toolkit was developed by Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC), an initiative of Educause Learning Initiative, a nonprofit community of higher education institutions and organizations committed to the advancement of… Read More ›
Guide to the Competency-based Learning Survey for Students
This guide includes the ‘Competency-based Learning Survey for Students’ and additional instructions to support its implementation. The survey was designed to help schools and districts collect data directly from high school students. It looks at students’ beliefs about, exposure to, and understanding of key elements of competency-based learning. This survey was designed by the Regional Education… Read More ›
Designing New School Models: A Practical Guide
This school design guide, written by Springpoint, a group of school design experts, outlines a student-centered approach to designing innovative school models where students can be active agents in their own development. The guide was compiled from best practices gathered over four years while working with districts, networks, and charter management organizations around the country… Read More ›
The EdSurge Guide to Becoming a Future Ready Leader
This guide from EdSurge is designed to help superintendents and district leaders plan for and implement personalized learning. It is a collaboration with Future Ready Schools, a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education designed to help schools transform teaching pedagogy and leverage technology to personalize learning. The guide is aligned with the Future Ready… Read More ›
LEAP Personalized Learning Framework
This tool, created by LEAP Innovations, is an interactive framework for personalized learning geared towards educators ready to embrace new teaching methods. LEAP Innovations set out to translate personalized learning concepts into concrete strategies. The framework, includes a deep dive into four key components of personalized learning; learner connected, learner focused, leaner demonstrated, and learner led. Also… Read More ›
A Learner-Centered System Student Experience
This graphic presents a story of a typical day in the life of a fictional student, Katrina, at the age of 4, 11, 19, and 27, experiencing student-centered learning. It brings to life learner-centered education and shows the long term impact a shift in the education system could have on students’ future success. To more… Read More ›
CBAM: Stages of Concern About Personalized Learning
This article introduces the Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM) which provides a structure for understanding and addressing the concerns of educators as they transition from more traditional to more student-centered, personalized learning. A simple chart identifies seven levels of readiness for adoption from “Awareness” which describes educators who are newly aware of the concepts of… Read More ›
Glossary of Instructional Strategies
This glossary defines over 1,000 instructional strategies, including many used in student-centered environments. The short entries use simple, clear language. This tool will be helpful to families and community members who need quick definitions of education terms used by their child’s teachers and school leaders. Source Organization: Kelly Jo Rowan Visit the Resource