Learning Deeply
In this blog, organized by Harvard education professor Jal Mehta and Washington-based education writer Robert Rothman, students, teachers, administrators, researchers, and policymakers explored the practice and policy issues around expanding deeper learning. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: student learning.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
ESSA Helps Realize Dr. King's Dream of Deeper Learning for All
A provision in the newly enacted Every Student Succeeds Act can make it possible for districts to pursue integration strategies.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Teaching for a Changing World: The Graduates of Bank Street College of Education
A study of teacher education at a New York City institution shows promising results, suggesting ways that teachers can be prepared to teach for deeper learning.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Everything Old Is New Again: Enacting Instructional and Leadership Shifts
A network of educators in California is developing teachers' knowledge and skills by focusing on instructional and leadership shifts made necessary by new standards.
School & District Management
Opinion
Why 'Queen Bees and Wannabes' Is Not the Right Way to Think About Global Education
In this blog, Jal Mehta argues that the "follow the leaders" approach to educational comparisons is misguided, and offers a different perspective on what can be learned from global education.
States
Opinion
The Case for Human-Centered Systems Design
A variation on "systems design" can make education policy more effective and more supported by teachers and school leaders, says Jal Mehta.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
A High School Senior Asks: What Will Be Our Legacy?
For a senior at an EL Education school in Wisconsin, the "college march" is a symbol of the high expectations the school holds for all its students.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
Creating a College-Bound Culture
A tradition of marching to mail college applications has created a college-going culture in a school that has affected students as young as fourth graders--and has attracted the attention of the First Lady.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
Making College Access for All More Than an Ideal
Students at Expeditionary Learning schools take to the streets--literally--to show that they and their schools take preparing all students for college seriously.
States
Opinion
As 50 States Prepare to Reimagine Education Policy, Four Are Able to Offer Guidance
Congress agreed to reauthorize its central education policy. And four states, it turns out, are ready for their close-up.
States
Opinion
Why Public Education Needs an Innovation Mindset
A recent meeting of state education leaders featured a discussion of how education systems could adopt the kind of innovative mindset that has enabled the technology industry to advance rapidly.
School & District Management
Opinion
Systems Thinking: Lessons From 'Over the Counter, Under the Radar'
A report about high-need students in New York City holds lessons for how schools and districts can think about the systems they create, writes Susan Fairchild of new Visions for Public Schools.
Assessment
Opinion
College-Readiness Assessments: Be Careful What You Wish For
An effort by the New Tech Network to implement performance assessments has reaped benefits, but carries with it some challenges.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
Incorporating Social and Emotional Learning
A new book by Barbara Cervone and Kathleen Cushman describes how five schools incorporate a broad range of approaches to develop students as learners and young adults.
Education
Opinion
How Project-Based Learning Fosters Student Independence
A High Tech High student describes how building a drone taught him how to solve problems on his own.