An Up-Close Look at Student-Centered Math Teaching Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page November 04, 2015 KIRK WALTERS, TONI M. SMITH, STEVE LEINWAND, WENDY SURR, ABIGAIL STEIN & PAUL BAILEY Today, far too many students see mathematics as a subject to be endured, rather than a subject of real-world importance and personal value.…
Equity in Competency Education: Realizing the Potential, Overcoming the Obstacles Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page November 04, 2014 RAND EDUCATION AND JOBS FOR THE FUTURE Competency-based education is designed to promote equity by preventing students from falling behind. In practice, however, poorly implemented competency-based programs could inadvertently increase inequity – in opportunities…
An International Study in Competency Education: Postcards From Abroad Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page October 13, 2014 SUSAN PATRICK AND SARA FRANK BRISTOW This paper highlights components of competency education in international practice, to inform US policymakers and decision makers seeking to implement high-quality competency pathways at the state or local level.…
From Learning to Leadership: A Cost Study of Early Career Supports for Teachers Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page October 02, 2014 THE RENNIE CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH & POLICY AND MASSBUDGET While many agree that the classroom teacher is the single most important in-school factor in student learning, there is much debate…
Uplifting the Whole Child: Using Wraparound Services to Overcome Social Barriers to Learning Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page October 02, 2014 COLIN A. JONES Students facing family, health and economic challenges enter schools with complex barriers to success. This report from MassBudget and the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy examines…
Building Multiple Pathways to a High School Diploma: A Cost Study of Non-Traditional Academic Options Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page October 02, 2014 THE RENNIE CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH & POLICY AND MASSBUDGET This report asks how school districts can support diverse learners with a menu of opportunities that lead to high…
The Past and the Promise: Today’s Competency Education Movement Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page September 23, 2014 CECILIA LE, REBECCA E. WOLFE AND ADRIA STEINBERG In competency-based schools, students advance based upon mastery of material, rather than time spent in a classroom in age-based cohorts. In a competency-based model, teachers provide customized…
Personal Opportunity Plans Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page July 15, 2014 CAROL MILLER LIEBER The well-being of our next generation and the economic and social health of our nation are at risk when students are not equipped with the support necessary to succeed in college and beyond. Personal Opportunity Plans (POPs) –…
Policy Barriers to School Improvement: What’s Real and What’s Imagined? Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page June 24, 2014 LAWRENCE J. MILLER AND JANE S. LEE States and districts have traditionally controlled the publications that go into schools and regulated the practices that governed them. Today though, school leaders who are empowered to…
Student-Centered Schools Study: Closing the Opportunity Gap Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page June 12, 2014 STANFORD CENTER FOR OPPORTUNITY POLICY IN EDUCATION (SCOPE) New research from the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) finds that creating student-centered learning environments is one of the most promising ways to address the opportunity…