The last 20 years of American elementary and secondary education were framed by federal accountability legislation. The well intentioned consensus to promote equitable improvement didn’t work as well ...

Wellness is considered foundational to the Portrait, recognizing that academic growth is inseparable from physical, emotional, and mental well-being. The community wanted a vision of success that ...

Over the two and a half years I served as Maine’s Commissioner of Education, I visited schools all over my state, and those visits followed a fairly standard pattern. I would be greeted at the ...

A 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 ...

Student-centred learning design prioritises the unique needs and inclinations of each student. This pedagogical orientation in universities makes the student the focal point of the learning process, ...

Providing some form of digital learning and assessment is no longer just an added benefit for higher education institutions, but a fundamental component of teaching and learning. As a result, it is ...

School models are, for the most part, outdated–and very overdue for replacement. When students reach high school, research shows that close to 66 percent of students are disengaged. But even students ...

The world needs learners who can think for themselves and solve problems in creative ways, not blindly accept and reproduce facts. A good school librarian can use learning centers to help young people ...

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 ...

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 ...