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Our research shows that student engagement is a vital component of quality education. AdvancED recently conducted a pilot in three states, where we looked at measuring student engagement with our eProve™ surveys tool. You can read about our findings in Measuring Student Engagement with eProve surveys. Focusing excessively on adult behaviors... Read the full article >

The meals do not always (or ever) turn out like the picture, but the accomplishment of completing the challenge plus the joy of creating and blending something new while also learning is stimulating and fun. Much like culinary arts, teaching has and continues to evolve. “Education is experiencing a transformative... Read the full article >

Student Engagement: Resource Roundup By Ashley Cronin, Edutopia Keeping students captivated and ready to learn is no small task. This list of articles, videos, and other resources offers strategies and advice that can help. 3 Critical Things to Know About Boosting Student Engagement By Laura Ascione, eNews Daily This article covers how... Read the full article >

First, there is no consensus about poverty’s causation. Virtually all disciplines move through three phases: classification, where things are named; correlation, an explanation of how things work together; and causation, which explains what creates a phenomenon. Regarding the latter, the field of sociology has four separate, well-researched bases[ii] about what... Read the full article >

In a culture of school reform that focuses on student achievement as measured through standardized curriculum and testing, marginalized groups are traditionally less successful. For students who come from high-risk backgrounds such as being a person of color, living in poverty, being an immigrant, having limited English proficiency, and/or having a... Read the full article >

She soon discovered that a new school that focused on reading, writing and math was about to open. She took off work and stood in line for enrollment to make sure I had the opportunities that she did not. I was fortunate that my parents were involved in my education and used... Read the full article >

America’s public schools serve more than 50 million students from kindergarten through 12th grade and more than 50 percent of those students qualify for free and reduced-priced lunch (FRPL) under the National School Lunch Program. In 2013, 24 percent of public school students attended a high-poverty school—schools where more than... Read the full article >

These Atlanta place-based funders are targeting their philanthropic efforts and support collaboratively around the key issues of health, education and neighborhood vitality: Annie E. Casey Foundation Atlanta Civic Site – Neighborhood Planning Unit V which includes five Atlanta neighborhoods: Summerhill, Peoplestown, Adair Park, Pittsburgh and Mechanicsville. C.F. Foundation – East Lake... Read the full article >

The most important civil rights accomplishment of the 20th century was the dismemberment of the legal architecture of Jim Crow. Reversing the lasting societal impact of inequity from Jim Crow, redlining and related racist policies that still shape the segregation we see across America today is the work that still... Read the full article >

For the first time in American history, the majority of students within the American public school system are students of color and yet the educational equity that Brown promised is still far from a reality. According to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights data collection,... Read the full article >