At Gatewood Elementary, serving students means looking inward (and heading outside)
A collaborative staff culture lets this MN school discover new ways of meeting student needs
View post »MN legislative session a chance to apply pandemic-era lessons
While politicians jockey over a record surplus, we hone in on education policy opportunities tailor-made for 2022.
View post »Key student-centered practice in a pandemic? None. Rather: a culture of adaptation.
Being student-centered isn’t a static “thing you do”, but an approach of continually adjusting—both for each student and school-wide
View post »What should accountability look like for student-centered learning?
Picture a mirror, not a hammer—helping answer objectively: How are we doing? Where can we improve?
View post »MN educators react to the new social studies standards
While the draft standards have sparked debate, teachers welcome the overdue shift to more equitable social studies instruction
View post »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
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