K–12 value networks: The hidden forces that help or hinder learner-centered education

Posted on March 30, 2023March 27, 2023 by coreeducation

The conventional model of schooling is outdated and overdue for replacement. As learners make their way through high school, survey results show that close to 66% end up disengaged. Those who successfully navigate the system gain a narrow set of academic skills that may or may not align with their individual needs, interests, and strengths. Read more about K–12 value networks: The hidden forces that help or hinder learner-centered education[…]

Creativity From Necessity: A Practical Toolkit for Leaders to Address Teacher Shortages

Posted on March 16, 2023March 13, 2023 by coreeducation

Many schools have encountered new struggles recruiting and retaining enough teachers over the last few years — and many face chronic staffing challenges that long predate the pandemic. To help address these challenges, Bellwether scanned the country for ideas and resources to create Creativity From Necessity: A Practical Toolkit for Leaders to Address Teacher Shortages. Read more about Creativity From Necessity: A Practical Toolkit for Leaders to Address Teacher Shortages[…]

Trends Shaping Education

Posted on March 1, 2023February 27, 2023 by coreeducation

Did you ever wonder what the impact of climate change will be on our educational institutions in the next decade? What does it mean for schools that our societies are becoming more individualistic and diverse? Trends Shaping Education is a triennial report examining major economic, political, social and technological trends affecting education. While the trends Read more about Trends Shaping Education[…]

Developing Effective Principals: What Kind of Learning Matters?

Posted on February 28, 2023February 27, 2023 by coreeducation

The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) report Developing Effective Principals: What Kind of Learning Matters? adds to an extensive body of research indicating that high-quality principal preparation and professional development programs lead to positive school, principal, teacher, and student outcomes. Based on a review of peer-reviewed research and survey data, the LPI report identifies characteristics of Read more about Developing Effective Principals: What Kind of Learning Matters?[…]

Future Ready Learner Design Process

Posted on February 23, 2023February 20, 2023 by coreeducation

All4Ed’s Future Ready Schools® and the Readiness Institute at Penn State have partnered to create and launch the new Future Ready Learner Design Process. This free tool, available now, utilizes a human-centered design (HCD) model, which is a people-oriented approach to solving relevant problems and developing action-oriented solutions. The Future Ready Learner Design Process supports Read more about Future Ready Learner Design Process[…]

Next Generation Accountability: Creating Performance Frameworks for Student Success

Posted on February 15, 2023February 12, 2023 by coreeducation

A new issue brief from Aurora Institute explores how policymakers can approach rethinking, redesigning, and rearchitecting next generation accountability systems. Next generation accountability systems can empower states, districts, communities, and schools with timely, relevant information and provide the capacity to analyze and continuously improve instruction and learning. Continuously improving education systems use evidence-based practices and Read more about Next Generation Accountability: Creating Performance Frameworks for Student Success[…]

Redesigning University Principal Preparation Programs: A Systemic Approach for Change and Sustainability

Posted on February 8, 2023February 6, 2023 by coreeducation

Research has shown that school principals matter greatly to teaching and learning, but the university training they receive for the job has struggled to keep pace with the post’s growing demands. To test a path forward, in 2016 The Wallace Foundation launched the University Principal Preparation Initiative, providing support to seven universities in seven different Read more about Redesigning University Principal Preparation Programs: A Systemic Approach for Change and Sustainability[…]

National Call to Action for Summer Learning: How Did School Districts Respond?

Posted on February 7, 2023February 6, 2023 by coreeducation

Seeking to counter the pandemic’s harmful impact on students, the vast majority of school districts nationwide mobilized in 2021 to deliver summer learning programming. A full 94 percent of districts responded, reaching nearly one-fifth (18 percent) of their student populations, on average. A new slide presentation from Westat details early findings from an ongoing multi-method Read more about National Call to Action for Summer Learning: How Did School Districts Respond?[…]

Educators Field Guide to Preparing for Web3: 3 Steps You Can Take Today, to be Ready for Tomorrow

Posted on January 31, 2023January 30, 2023 by coreeducation

Writing for Getting Smart, Mike Peck recently reviewed trends in web3 and the principles that guide them that can help inform practices to prepare young people for the next generation of the web. Excerpts of the piece appear below: Broadly speaking,there are a few key principles that are guiding the growth of web3. To try Read more about Educators Field Guide to Preparing for Web3: 3 Steps You Can Take Today, to be Ready for Tomorrow[…]

The Power of Expectations in District and Charter Schools

Posted on January 26, 2023January 23, 2023 by coreeducation

Now that the most acute phase of the Covid crisis is over, public conversation has turned to the millions of students who are still struggling academically and emotionally—and how our nation’s schools ought to respond. Decisions that education leaders make right now will determine whether this generation of students recovers or continues to lose ground. Read more about The Power of Expectations in District and Charter Schools[…]

Using Predicted Academic Performance to Identify At-Risk Students in Public Schools

Posted on January 18, 2023January 16, 2023 by coreeducation

Ed Working Papers has released a new paper by Ishtiaque Fazlul, Cory Koedel, and Eric Parsons focused on ways to use data to identify at-risk students. This paper offers a promising look at new ways to identify students early so that they can receive timely intervention. Measures of student disadvantage—or risk—are critical components of equity-focused Read more about Using Predicted Academic Performance to Identify At-Risk Students in Public Schools[…]

Living Improvement: Resources from the 2021 Carnegie Summit

Posted on October 18, 2022October 17, 2022 by coreeducation

Since 2014, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has hosted the annual Summit on Improvement in Education. It is a key moment where individual practitioners and teams from schools, districts and charter school organizations, institutions of higher education, and intermediaries come together to learn and connect with fellow improvers in the field. In Read more about Living Improvement: Resources from the 2021 Carnegie Summit[…]

Reimagining the Teaching Job

Posted on October 13, 2022October 10, 2022 by coreeducation

Recently, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) released a toolkit focused on reimagining the teaching job. An overview of the resources included appears below: Students deserve teachers who thrive in a job that is dynamic, rewarding, collaborative, and sustainable—especially as we all work to recover from the learning, family, and community losses of the past two years. Read more about Reimagining the Teaching Job[…]

Re-Envisioning Mathematics Pathways to Expand Opportunities

Posted on October 11, 2022October 10, 2022 by coreeducation

For too many students, the misalignment of high school and postsecondary mathematics requirements is an unnecessary barrier to reaching their academic and career goals. Although the nature of careers has evolved over time, mathematics curriculum and instruction have largely remained unchanged; but in recent years, some states’ postsecondary and K-12 systems have begun to adjust Read more about Re-Envisioning Mathematics Pathways to Expand Opportunities[…]

Should schools group students by ability?

Posted on October 4, 2022October 2, 2022 by coreeducation

Writing for the Fordham Institute, Scott J. Peters and Jonathan Plucker recently reviewed the research on student ability grouping in middle and high schools. Excerpts from the piece appear below: One of the most contentious debates in American education focuses on whether to group students into classrooms using some measure of prior achievement. Whole class Read more about Should schools group students by ability?[…]