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In this video, explore what distinguishes successful classrooms that embrace students’ culture as a core part of the classroom experience. You’ll notice that many of these items are simply markers of good teaching.

The Student Perception Survey (SPS) instrument consists of a battery of items in the form of observer-reported statements that the respondents affirm using a rating scale. These statements were formulated to map with the observable attributes of thei...

In this reflective exercise, we explore the benefits and costs of both ends of a spectrum related to the Community as Power lens.

Through this toolkit, Tom Bennett reframes two projects developed in the US to support providers of Initial Teacher Training who are designing their curricula to meet the specifications of the new ITT Core Content.

This article provides guidelines and best practices for measuring student social-emotional learning (SEL). It offers methodologies and examples beyond the typical self-reporting measurement style which is limited by accuracy, bias, and ceiling effect...

In this video from 2016, Ako Mātātupu Teach First NZ recognizes the ways in which we often approach community engagement with a pre-set frame of reference and a wish list of stories we want to hear. By letting go of these, we open up the possibility ...

In this video from 2017, Brittany Packnett, a powerful leader of the Black Lives Matter movement, explores how internalized injustice shapes our daily actions.

In this reflective exercise, we reflect on where we are on a full spectrum of perspectives related to the lens of Students as Leaders, and we consider what other “spectra” of perspectives are related to this lens.

In this video from 2013, Taylor Delhagen (Teach For America, 2006) reflects on the importance of empowering students to critically examine the world around them, rigorously explore values and exercise the perseverance needed to overcome failure.