Stories as evidence: capturing unsung learning in immeasurable ways
How student-centered schools looked to narrative data to document student learning during the pandemic.
View post »Leading with wellness: tracking and supporting mental health to unleash learner potential
How student-centered schools made wellness a priority—both before and during the pandemic
View post »Rethinking student engagement: from “showing up” to active and deep participation
Why schools see engagement as a critical ingredient for student-centered learning—and how they measure it with integrity
View post »UCLA Community School students reflect: Learning as a comunidad in a pandemic
Relationships of grace and trust carried this student-centered high school community through a most difficult year
View post »At Spring Lake Park Schools, students and teachers buoy districtwide innovation
In a district used to exploring different ways of personalizing learning, Covid-19 accelerated new approaches to keeping students at the center
View post »Ethnic Studies to be added to MN social studies standards. Why that matters and what else you should know.
The Minnesota Department of Education has released the second draft of the revised Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in Social Studies, which adds a new, fifth “strand” of standards dedicated to Ethnic Studies.
View post »At West Hawaii Explorations Academy, students drive inquiry into the natural world
For a school that centers hands-on learning among sharks and coral, the pandemic required reimagining the spaces and schedules of learning
View post »Hundreds gather virtually to ask: How can we learn from disruption, and heal forward?
Over ten days in May, a community of student-centered educators and advocates gathered at the fifth regional education convening, Student-Centered Learning for Equity 2021, hosted by the Bush Foundation and Education Evolving.
View post »At Crosstown High, student agency flourishes on a bedrock of strong relationships
A culture of care, trust, and persistent checking-in means students stay plugged in—whether in-person or over distance.
View post »Our statement on yesterday’s verdict
From the Education Evolving team, our statement on the conviction of a former Minneapolis police officer for the murder of George Floyd.
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