Maximizing Federal Support and Opportunity for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Maximizing Federal Support and Opportunity for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts This report identifies 15 opportunities to increase federal funding for the Commonwealth through new and existing programs, many of which would also increase services for…
Impact Profile of Erin Chavez: Finding a Lifelong Career through Accelerating Opportunity
Impact Profile of Erin Chavez: Finding a Lifelong Career through Accelerating Opportunity Through the Accelerating Opportunity initiative, Erin Chavez, a single mother, was able to pursue a fulfilling career in health care. In May 2014,…
How School Districts can Support Deeper Learning: The Need for Performance Alignment
How School Districts can Support Deeper Learning: The Need for Performance Alignment Historically, school district central offices have been ill equipped to support ambitious deeper learning goals. District leaders must embrace “performance alignment,” a continuous…
Equal Opportunity for Deeper Learning
Equal Opportunity for Deeper Learning This report addresses the issue of equity in a crucial dimension: teaching and learning. To ensure equity in access to deeper learning, practices and policies must address the context for…
The Implications of Deeper Learning for Adolescent Immigrants and English Language Learners
The Implications of Deeper Learning for Adolescent Immigrants and English Language Learners This report argues that students who are immigrants and/or “English language learners” (ELLs) often exhibit strengths that monolingual, non-immigrant children may not have…
Innovations in Developmental Education Redesign
Innovations in Developmental Education Redesign This series documents how Florida colleges responded to Senate Bill 1720, which called for the acceleration of all developmental education offered in the state, in order to highlight the decisions…
Deeper Teaching
Deeper Teaching What does it look like to teach to deeper learning competencies? What can one do to give students opportunities to understand the academic content and identify themselves as strong learners? Students at the…
The Why, What, Where, and How of Deeper Learning in American Secondary Schools
The Why, What, Where, and How of Deeper Learning in American Secondary Schools The movement to promote deeper learning is borne out of the understanding that there is no going back to the days of…
Eden Klein, Early College Student: Her Path to Law School and Beyond Starts at Mission Early College High School
Eden Klein, Early College Student: Her Path to Law School and Beyond Starts at Mission Early College High School Thanks to an early college high school program, Eden Klein graduated from the University of Texas…