Personalization in Schools NME

Personalization in Schools

Personalization in Schools Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page July 19, 2012   SUSAN YONEZAWA, LARRY MCCLURE, AND MAKEBA JONES Thoughtful educators personalize school every day—greeting students by name, offering academic help, checking in about serious family problems. But how can teacher-student relationships play a more formal role in personalizing education for students? This…

NESSC-Briefing-professional-learning-comms NME

Leadership in Action: What are Professional Learning Communities?

Leadership in Action: What are Professional Learning Communities? Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page April 23, 2012   NEW ENGLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CONSORTIUM This issue brief from the New England Secondary School Consortium’s Leadership in Action series outlines why professional learning communities may be the most effective, affordable, and sustainable school improvement strategy around.…

Assessing Learning NME

Assessing Learning

Assessing Learning Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page April 19, 2012   HEIDI ANDRADE, KRISTEN HUFF, AND GEORGIA BROOKE Student-centered assessment is a vital part of student-centered learning approaches. This paper examines the defining qualities of student-centered assessment and underscores the importance of student-centered assessment as part of a balanced system of formative, interim,…

Curricular Opportunities in the Digital Age NME

Curricular Opportunities in the Digital Age

Curricular Opportunities in the Digital Age Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page March 19, 2012   DAVID H. ROSE AND JENNA W. GRAVEL Neuroscience research has established the human brain as highly individualized. To achieve student-centered learning, classroom design and instruction should reflect students’ need for individualization. This 2012 report proposes universal design for…

Teachers at Work NME

Teachers at Work: Six Exemplars of Everyday Practice

Teachers at Work: Six Exemplars of Everyday Practice Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page March 01, 2012   BARBARA CERVONE AND KATHLEEN CUSHMAN This report takes the reader inside six high schools widely regarded as exemplars of deep student learning. The authors unpack teaching practices and school structures at the heart of student-centered learning.…

Changing School District Practices NME

Changing School District Practices

Changing School District Practices Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page March 01, 2012   BEN LEVIN, AMANDA DATNOW, AND NATHALIE CARRIER School districts function as governing bodies, but also as supporters of change and advocates of equity. Implementing student-centered changes to pedagogy, culture, and more can help districts accomplish these objectives. This report, part…

Quality Performance Assessment NME

Quality Performance Assessment: Harnessing the Power of Teacher and Student Learning

Quality Performance Assessment: Harnessing the Power of Teacher and Student Learning Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page February 05, 2012   CHRISTINA BROWN AND PASCALE MEVS Standardized testing is just one form of assessment available to districts and schools. To generate a robust portrait of students’ achievement, policymakers and educators should consider quality performance…

Talking about Skills and Learning NME

Talking about Skills and Learning: A FrameWorks MessageMemo for the Core Story of Education Project

Talking about Skills and Learning: A FrameWorks MessageMemo for the Core Story of Education Project Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page February 01, 2012   SUSAN NALL BALES, NATHANIEL KENDALL-TAYLOR, ERIC LINDLAND, MOIRA O’NEIL, ADAM SIMON The first in a series of interpretive reports to emerge from the FrameWorks Institute’s Core Story of Education…