In my more than 20 years of supporting students on their academic journey, I’ve realized there are no “magic” solutions in education. But there are some strategies that have proven to be more ...

Agency is the capacity and propensity to take purposeful initiative--the opposite of helplessness. Young people with high levels of agency do not respond passively to their circumstances; they tend to ...

Adeyemi Stembridge, Ph.D., provides technical assistance for school improvement with a specific focus on equity. He works with districts around the country to identify root causes of achievement gaps ...

With summer and fall planning top of mind for educators across the country, one stubborn challenge is students’ online attendance and engagement—or, precisely, the lack of it. In many schools and ...

A few years ago, Harvard’s Achievement Gap Institute conducted a study on teaching and student agency. The study recognized agency as potentially “…as important an outcome of schooling as the skills ...

Most everyone in the room agreed that phones can be a major distraction, yet few favored banning them. They argued that students should have access to cellphones to contact their parents or listen to ...

It’s only recently that I’ve become much more disciplined in my use of the term “student agency” and how I apply it. Thanks to a research assignment on behalf of the Center for Innovation in Education ...

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. FM: You grew up on a small farm in Slovenia — far different than the bustling city you live in today. What was your experience growing up in such ...

GIVEN that most schools strive to grow by establishing a reputation of academic achievement, there are obvious gains from teaching students to crack exams and chase results. However, we have a dearth ...