I am reflexively wary of buzzwords. Any mention of “adaptive software” sets my teeth grinding. Whenever I hear the phrase “college and career ready,” I’m tempted to light myself on fire. Even ...

As information technology brings us a mind-numbing array of options for mobile learning experiences and communications, an age-old tension between two different visions of learning--content delivery ...

As student-centered learning gains momentum in the American classroom, some education leaders are making the mistake of pushing change too quickly. Indeed, it’s rare to find a school system that fully ...

For student-centered learning to thrive, teachers need to learn new ways to manage their classrooms, such as using data regularly to identify each student’s learning needs and targeting their ...

If you follow education social media, you’ve probably heard of Salisbury Superintendent Randy Ziegenfuss. Over the last three years, he’s become a leading advocate of learner-centered education. He’s ...

This post is by Ace Parsi, Personalized Learning Partnership Manager at the National Center for Learning Disabilities, and Rebecca E. Wolfe, associate vice president at Jobs for the Future. Will ...

Student-centered learning practices appear in only a few school systems, but the survey shows that’s about to change. Teachers say they’ve discovered new resources or practices they’d like to continue ...

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A new report from the Clayton Christensen Institute offers unique insights and recommendations for education as schools strive to move toward student-centered learning practices. In the report, author ...

In a spring 2001 study at Zayed University, located in the United Arab Emirates, we experimented with using laptops to make classroom instruction more student-centered. When students were surveyed ...

Education Evolving is a Minnesota nonprofit and nonpartisan organization pushing for student-centered learning in Minnesota’s schools. “We believe that students must take responsibility for their ...

When I first tried my hand at writing fiction, I was working under the spell of writers like Raymond Carver, Ann Beattie, Bobbie Ann Mason, Richard Ford. I was amazed at how they could make such ...