Publications Issue All Student-Centered Learning DesignsEducator Talent PathwaysOutcomes That MatterAutonomy and Shared Power Evidence for Student-Centered Learning Report • January 2018 America’s schools need to shift from adult-centered and standardized to student-centered and personalized. This report examines academic research that supports the need for this transition. Clearing Policy Barriers to Student-Centered Learning Report • October 2017 A comprehensive review of barriers in Minnesota state policy faced by educators innovating with student-centered learning, and recommendations for removing those barriers. Summaries of States’ ESSA Accountability Plans Memo • April 2017 On April 3, 2017, fourteen states and D.C. submitted their draft ESSA state accountability plans. This memo contains one-page summaries of each state’s plan, focusing on four primary areas or “big decisions” that ESSA requires each state to address. Teacher-Powered Leaders Meet With Secretary King: A Reflection Blog Post Article • June 2016 On May 18, two of our teacher-powered ambassadors sat down for tea with U.S. Secretary of Education, John King to discuss teacher leadership. One of those teachers, Jeff Austin, summarized their conversation in this post on the U.S. Department of Education blog. Our Working Definition of Student Achievement and School Quality Memo • May 2016 Having good definitions of the terms “student achievement” and “school quality” is important in our nation’s quest to improve public education. But the two terms are often defined too simply, too narrowly, too controversially. This working memo puts forth our own deeper and broader definitions of these two important terms. Asking the Unasked: Reflection on a Series About Closing the “Achievement Gap” Meeting Notes • April 2016 In October of 2015, Education Evolving (EE) produced a three-session series in partnership with the Achievement Gap Committee, each session examining a different dimension of the challenge to close the gap in achievement across different categories of students. This report is a selective summary of the main points and questions highlighted in this series. In Minnesota, We Must Think Broadly About School Integration Article • December 2015 The face of Minnesota is changing, and so must our integration policy. A Commentary for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Reimagining Teacher Preparation Report • October 2015 Recommended essential elements and best practices for a new, different, better sort of teacher preparation program. Developed through interviews, focus groups, and a best-practices literature review. The Split Screen Strategy: How to Turn Education Into a Self-Improving System Book • September 2015 For three decades now, the course of action has been to accept the system as it stands and to push its schools and teachers to deliver ‘better performance’. Perhaps not surprisingly, that effort to get an inert system to do-better has not proved an outstanding success. The theory of action should instead be to turn public education into a self-improving system. A Framework for a Taxonomy of Schools Report • August 2015 Much of the discussion about ‘what’s working’ suggests that students learn because the school is district, charter, parochial or whatever. This is bizarre. Clearly, students learn from what goes on in the school; from its curriculum, pedagogy, materials and teachers. This report begins to sketch a taxonomy that gets at these more meaningful school properties. Post navigation ← Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 17 Next → Stay In Touch Get updates, new publications, fresh analysis, and event invitations in your inbox. First Name Last Name Email Address State What do you want to receive? Monthly newsletter (once per month) Blog posts by email (about two per month) See past newsletters in the archive.