Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from a chapter of the book, “Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools,” published by ASCD in June. The authors and publisher have given ...

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 ...

LCD sounds like a great idea, right? Learners do absolutely have the unique needs identified above. But alas, LCD has not caught on — until now. Why is LCD catching on now in 2016 while it didn’t in ...

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 ...

Creating an environment in which personalized or student-centered learning can succeed isn’t easy. It starts with making sure teachers are ready to transition to this new type of instruction. School ...

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 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 ...

School models are, for the most part, outdated–and very overdue for replacement.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 ...

Throughout the course of the pandemic, we have seen students, families and educators leaning into the unknown. By reflecting on what we have learned and what we want to keep, we may be able to build ...

Today’s customer-centered colleges and universities are not the learner and learning-centered universities we need. In the neoliberal universe of contemporary Americans higher education, it’s no ...