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Design Principles for Community-Based Settings: Putting the Science of Learning and Development into Action
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Little, Priscilla M.; Irby, Merita; Borah, Poonam; Pittman, Karen – Forum for Youth Investment, 2021
Because researchers know so much more about the brain and development than they did when the 20th-century U.S. education system was designed, this knowledge can now be used to design a system in which all individuals are able to take advantage of high-quality opportunities for transformative learning and development. This playbook suggests a set…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Educational Innovation, Models, Critical Thinking
Design Principles for Schools: Putting the Science of Learning and Development into Action
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Darling-Hammond, Linda; Cantor, Pamela; Hernández, Laura E.; Theokas, Christina; Schachner, Abby; Tijerina, Elizabeth; Plasencia, Sara – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
Because researchers know so much more about the brain and development than they did when the 20th-century U.S. education system was designed, this knowledge can now be used to design a system in which all individuals are able to take advantage of high-quality opportunities for transformative learning and development. This playbook suggests a set…
Descriptors: Design, Transformative Learning, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking
Helping Young Adults from Foster Care Succeed in College
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Feight, Heidi; Bell, Breanna; Conway, Ashley; Turner, Shannon; Naigus, Neal; Powers, Laurie – Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures, 2016
This tip sheet offers strategies to college faculty and staff to support students from foster care to succeed in college.
Descriptors: Young Adults, Foster Care, College Students, Academic Achievement