student voice
Developing Purposeful Peak Performers
By: Tim Klein It was at mile 16 of the Boston Marathon that I “hit the wall.” My entire body was giving out on me and I wanted to quit. I had started the race strong, passing hundreds of other runners. Now, runners on both sides were effortlessly passing…
There is No Syllabus for Life
By: Chris Unger. Chris provides excitement around a viewing opportunity for the CAPS' documentary, Where Students Lead, at Northeastern University in Seattle.
Is Personalized Learning the Latest Tool To Increase Student Engagement?
David Ross reflects on how student engagement has evolved over his teaching career and shares insights and strategies that amplify personalized learning through intentional emphasis on increased student agency.
The World I Want to Live In
Corey shares the mission for all students to find their calling in this brief excerpt from, Where Students Lead, a film documenting the dramatic student impact of experiential learning at Northeastern University’s Graduate School of Education and the Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) Network of profession-based programs.
What if the Future of Work Starts with High School
By: Heather E. McGowan. Heather presents new frameworks for the future of work and explains why the university degree is the new high school diploma.
Student Choice to Prepare Students for the Future of Work
Jamie explains why the future of work's rapidly changing landscape requires our students to be flexible in their learning and why student choice is so important.
Culture Eats Faculty Retention for Breakfast: 7 Essential Tips to Build a Strong School Culture
By: Malia Burns. Learn more as Malia Burns, founder of Summit Sierra High School in Seattle, Washington, shares seven ingredients to create a relationship fueled school culture, illustrated by a community committed to student growth.
5 Ways to Personalize Learning with Project-Based Learning
Michael Niehoff discusses how we can use personalized learning in a more deeper learning pursuit, such as project-based learning.
Expanding Our Notion of Student Agency
Student agency from a sociocultural perspective has as much to do with external factors that shape experiences and possibilities as it does with internal attributes. Read more from one of our regular columnists on why it's time to expand our notion of student agency.
A Teacher’s Perspective on the Importance of Sharing Students’ Learning
By: Erik Ray and Janice Walton. In the last blog of the Share Your Learning series, Erik Ray and Janice Walton discuss how student engagement increases when students share their learning.