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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: student learning.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
To Address the 'Whole Child,' States Begin 'A Conversation Worth Having'
States in CCSSO's Innovation Lab Network are addressing students' social-emotional as well as academic needs.
Education
Opinion
Can 'No Excuses' Schools Become Places of Deep Learning?
A recent article about Success Academy, a charter school network in New York City, highlights the paradox of pursuing student-centered learning in a rigid disciplinary structure.
Education
Opinion
A Deeper Look at Content Knowledge
To develop the full range of needed student competencies, a framework from Next Generation Learning Challenges emphasizes depth as well as breadth in content knowledge.
Assessment
Opinion
What Does an International Assessment Tell Us About Collaborative Problem Solving?
New results from an assessment of 15-year-olds from 57 nations provide some answers about how well students work with others to solve problems.
Education
Opinion
Corazón y Alma: Exploring Culture Helped Me Find My Voice
Through a performance based on an interdisciplinary project, a High Tech High student learned confidence and "heart and soul."
Mathematics
Opinion
Making Math About More than Numbers: A Case for Evaluation-Based Grading
A new grading system, developed by math teachers at High Tech High, enables students to look at what they've learned, rather than ranking themselves against one another.
Mathematics
Opinion
How Can We Help Promote Mathematical Identity?
A network of math educators aims to help students of color identify with math abd to abolish the phrase, "I am not a math person."
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Introducing the Student-Centered-Learning Syllabus
A course developed by Students at the Center Fellows enables teachers to learn how to introduce student-centered learning in their classrooms.
Personalized Learning
Opinion
Let's Not Jump to Conclusions about Personalized Learning...Yet
A recent study of schools implementing personalized learning said more about the schools' implementation than about personalization.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
In Delaware, Creating Career Pathways for Youths
A statewide initiative aims to enroll half the state's high school students into career pathways to close a "skills gap."
Assessment
Opinion
What's Behind the Plateau in Test Scores?
Recently released test results show a familiar pattern: stagnation after increases. What can schools do to break this trend?
Teaching Profession
Opinion
How Five Schools Rethought Time--and Improved Teaching and Learning
A study of schools in the U.S. and Singapore show ways that schools were able to find time for teachers to collaborate with and learn from one another.
Personalized Learning
Opinion
Five Approaches to Breakthrough Schools
In this post, Tyler Thigpen offers a typology of different approaches to redesigning schools.
Social Studies
Opinion
Civics Needs a Makeover NOW--How? Keep It Student-Centered, Stupid!
A student-centered approach, in which students practice the skills of a democracy--rather than simply being told about democracy--can enhance civic participation by youths.