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Learning Never Stops, Not Even During Testing

By: Annie Murphy Paul. What if every standardized test taken by American students came with a growth mindset intervention, or a purpose for learning intervention? What if the mandate to test “every child, every year” became instead a mandate (or an option) to give tools for learning and growth to every child, every year?

Personalized Learning

The Elementary Years: Four Pillars That Build a Strong Foundation

By: Liz Wimmer. The knowledge and skills children gain from 6 to 12 years form the basis of all future education. Parents can help children take advantage of this readiness and build a solid foundation for later success. Here are four key areas where parents can guide children during the elementary school years.

Difference Making

Success Takes Agency, Identity, and Competency

Young adult success requires agency, an integrated identity, and competencies. Drawing on research from many fields, theory and practice to identify building blocks for life success, The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research developed a framework for youth development.

Leadership

Why Investing in Learning Mindsets Matters

The role that learning mindsets play in academic performance is being researched thanks to groups such as The Raikes Foundation, who is helping to develop and share tools, strategies and best practices to support the development of academic mindsets that foster learning. Studies show students with strong learning mindsets do better in school and are more likely to graduate from college.

EdTech

Teachers Model Growth Mindsets During Twitter Ed Chat

By: Heather Ngoma. Ensuring teachers are comfortable with tech tools and social media for professional purposes is a top priority for the Rutgers Alternate Route program. Last month Rutgers immersed a cohort of new teachers in a facilitated discussion on Growth Mindsets via Twitter, here's the results.

Personalized Learning

Growth Mindset Parenting

By: Eduardo Briceño. As part of our Smart Parents series, Eduardo, CEO and co-founder of Mindset Works, writes about the importance of growth mindset and how parents can encourage a growth mindset through becoming a growth mindset role model and monitoring how they talk to their students about hard work, praise, and intelligence.