This toolkit is designed to help practitioners learn more about the key ideas of AASL’s learning standards—a framework to which K–12 schools can aspire in creating meaningful student learning opportunities for students—and share those messages with others.
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Effectively teaching the digital generation, or screenagers, seems to involve two basics: embracing the tools that kids are immersed in and using these tools to engage students in core curriculum topics. Educational Leadership magazine shares numerous articles on connecting with digital learners.
An assessment instrument developed to measure characteristics of the school and classroom that relate to civic competencies.
The first book written by someone who is both a neurologist and a classroom teacher identifies and translates the brain research most relevant to classroom teaching.
This guide offers advice to states on how to improve schools from kindergarten through college to prepare students to become productive citizens.
Educational Leadership magazine shares numerous articles on how students can be more effectively motivated and engaged in learning.
In research over the last decade, educators have learned to identify six areas in which high schools begin to fail their students. The authors examine these six problem areas, allowing readers to look at personalized learning in several different ways and offering six ways to engage students and prevent any from believing they are stupid.
Read a preview of findings from a six-year study that shows the positive impact of effective community organizing on education reform in seven urban communities. The study demonstrates that community organizing contributes to an improved learning environment and improved educational outcomes for students and stimulates important changes in policy, practices, and resource distribution that expand equity and capacity at the system level, especially in historically underserved communities.
A practical evaluation tool to help practitioners and evaluators choose appropriate evaluation methods for out-of-school time programs.
Each year, the Kids Count Data Book provides information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, Kids Count seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children.
