Topic: Student-centered Learning

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A Systemic Shift to Standards-based Grading

How one Arizona school is empowering educators, learners and families through a shift to standards-based grading

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How Leaders Can Create Real, Lasting Change at the Systems Level

Five considerations in shifting leadership mindsets for real, sustainable education transformation

Deion A. Jordan
Director of Teaching and Learning

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For Leaders, From Leaders: Mindset Shifts for Sustainable Change

A growth mindset for education leaders creates space for innovation and systems change. Here’s how it could look.

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What We Learned from Piloting a High School Youth Participatory Action Research Course

Three insights and one recommendation arising from our collaboration with YPAR students and educators

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Youth Participatory Action Research: A Guidebook and Curriculum

This guidebook and curriculum is designed to help teachers, administrators and community leaders plan, implement and refine a yearlong youth participatory action research course

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Personalized, competency-based learning needs student-centered classroom management. Here’s why.

Use this list to guide practices in your school or classroom.

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Three Mindset Shifts for Successful Youth-Adult Partnerships

There are several factors to consider in youth-adult partnerships, including mindset shifts. Consider these three.

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Three Strategies for Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships

For effective youth-adult partnerships, adult leaders, policymakers and other decision makers must consider these three strategies.

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Improvements to the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority give states a chance to design improved student-centered assessment systems.

Turning Point on Assessment Innovation?

Improvements to the IADA give states a chance to design improved student-centered assessment systems.

Lillian Pace
Vice President of Policy and Strategic Advancement

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." - Maya Angelou

Three Ways to Start Making Your Classroom Student-Centered

Here are three practices teachers can implement in the classroom to help make learning more student-centered.

Robin Kanaan
Senior Director of Teaching and Learning

Understanding students through learner profiles can help teachers better design classes and help learners develop agency.

What are learner profiles, and how do you get started?

Learner profiles can help teachers in course design and students to develop agency.

Robin Kanaan
Senior Director of Teaching and Learning

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Shifting Mindsets in Nevada

What the 2024 Nevada Teacher of the Year has to say about student voice, project-based learning and the power of the network

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