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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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: student learning.

Education Opinion What I Learned About Deeper Learning From a Student
A student's tragic death convinces a teacher that all students need to be deeply engaged in their learning and lives at all times.
Contributing Blogger, November 11, 2015
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Student Achievement Opinion Every Classroom Should Be a Maker Space
The idea of making something is transformative, yet schools too often limit opportunities for students to make things. A teacher at High Tech High shows how making can be done in any classroom.
Contributing Blogger, November 10, 2015
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Deeper Learning and Equity: Two New Resources
New papers by Linda Darling-Hammond and Patricia Gandara discuss how deeper learning can support a more equitable education system.
Contributing Blogger, November 6, 2015
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States Opinion Voices on Policy to Promote College and Career Readiness
Participants at a recent summit hosted by Jobs for the Future share ideas about how state and district policies can support deeper learning.
Contributing Blogger, November 4, 2015
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4 min read
Assessment Opinion Habits of Success: Seeking the Invisible Thread
A school network has developed a broad and comprehensive assessment system to measure all of the qualities that lead to student success.
Contributing Blogger, October 23, 2015
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States Opinion Beyond Test Scores: Rethinking Accountability
States are working to replace NCLB-style accountability systems by measuring school performance through multiple indicators.
Robert Rothman, October 15, 2015
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Education Opinion Breadth vs. Depth: The Deeper Learning Dilemma
A way to balance breadth and depth is to focus in depth on "conceptual keystones" and "enduring understandings," suggests David T. Conley
Contributing Blogger, October 13, 2015
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Teaching Profession Opinion Searching for Consistency Without Standardization in Teaching
A new report calls for standards for professional practice for teachers to elevate the profession and ensure good instruction for every classroom.
Jal Mehta, October 9, 2015
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Education Opinion Deeper Discipline Demands Deeper Pedagogy
Aligning instructional approaches with approaches to culture and discipline provides coherence for students and improves both instruction and discipline.
Contributing Blogger, October 7, 2015
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Teaching Profession Opinion Cultivating a Garden to Improve Schools
A partnership in California is supporting school improvement by building the capacity of educators to develop knowledge and skills for better instruction.
Contributing Blogger, October 1, 2015
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Education Opinion Teaching Democracy: A Hands-On Exercise
A class project that engaged students in real-world issues provided them with skills necessary for participation in democracy.
Contributing Blogger, September 28, 2015
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Education Opinion How My Research on Climate Change Changed Me
A Maine student's research trip to New York taught powerful lessons on resilience in the face of adversity.
Contributing Blogger, September 25, 2015
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Students as Change Agents in a Burning Baltimore
In the wake of the riots that erupted after Freddie Gray's death in police custody, students in Baltimore continue to learn from and about race and civil rights.
Contributing Blogger, September 23, 2015
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Student Well-Being & Movement Opinion Empathy + Critical Thinking = Compassionate Action
By combining critical thinking with a deep understanding of one another, an eighth grade classroom in Chicago was able to produce a powerful learning and action experience.
Contributing Blogger, September 21, 2015
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