Deeper Learning Networks: Taking Student-Centered Learning and Equity to Scale. Research Brief

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William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Educational Change; Teaching Methods; Student Centered Learning; Student Centered Curriculum; Disadvantaged Youth; Thinking Skills; Outcomes of Education; Models; Communities of Practice; Minority Group Students; Low Income Students; Interdisciplinary Approach; Experiential Learning; Inquiry; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Cooperative Learning; Technology Uses in Education; Experimental Schools; Program Design; Faculty Advisers; Teacher Student Relationship; Looping (Teachers); Educational Legislation; School Community Relationship; Inservice Teacher Education; Principals; Instructional Improvement; Learner Engagement; Flexible Scheduling; School Districts; Leadership Training; Active Learning; Student Projects; Internship Programs; Public Schools; Equal Education

One of the mysteries of education reform is how leaders and educators can successfully instantiate, sustain, and spread student-centered pedagogical practices from a few schools to many others. Advocates for "deeper learning" grapple with this mystery as they seek to transform teaching and learning to prepare students to meet the demands of the 21st century and to close the opportunity gap between advantaged and disadvantaged groups. While research suggests that deeper learning strategies that support critical thinking and problem-solving can yield improved student outcomes, implementing these strategies is not easy, as they require reimagining school environments and changing traditional approaches to teaching. This brief highlights how three networks of schools engaged in deeper learning have managed this feat. It describes the systems and structures the networks have used to instantiate their equitable deeper learning models in diverse public school settings to serve students in more personalized and productive ways. [For the full report, see ED603413.]

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2020

ED603414