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Growth Mindset
Social and Emotional Learning
June 5, 2019

There’s value but also limitations to students’ grading their own interpersonal skills, study finds

California districts should use insights from surveys of students' habits of mind but not rate schools by the results, a PACE research project concludes.

John Fensterwald
Podcast
November 23, 2018

This Week in California Education: Episode 83, November 24, 2018

We analyze reasons for Tony Thurmond's victory over Marshall Tuck as State Superintendent of Public Instruction. We also speak with Mariam Abdullah of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, who cites the benefits of raising a grateful child.

EdSource staff
Math and Science
July 26, 2018

Best way to improve student math scores? Change teachers’ attitudes, study says

Scores rose 8 points after teachers took a course designed to improve their own knowledge.

Carolyn Jones
Teachers
April 6, 2018

Educator asks teachers to examine unconscious racial bias

Kate Gerson trains teachers to change their practices and to use standards-aligned curriculum materials to provide rigorous lessons to all students.

Theresa Harrington
Math and Science
September 1, 2017

Tulare County Office of Education leads 5th-grade math improvement project

Central Valley math improvement project aims to triple students' math proficiency in eight districts in four years.

Theresa Harrington
Social and Emotional Learning
October 12, 2016

In school reform, relationships are key, say principals, teachers and students

Educators are more focused on how students and teachers interact.

Jane Meredith Adams
Student Well-Being
September 28, 2016

Animated videos help teachers build sense of empathy in students

The videos are designed to help teach social and emotional skills.

Jane Meredith Adams
Deeper Learning
March 17, 2016

Rating schools by students' social-emotional skills worth trying, evaluator says

Researchers criticize CORE districts' use of student surveys of their social-emotional skills.

John Fensterwald
College & Careers
January 24, 2016

Stanford professor urges teachers to rethink math instruction

Jo Boaler published Mathematical Mindsets to help improve math education.

Theresa Harrington
Deeper Learning
November 23, 2015

There's more to a 'growth mindset' than assuming you have it

Carol Dweck explains the difference between saying, "Work harder," and nagging.

John Fensterwald
Community Schools & Partnerships
February 9, 2015

Khan Academy launches ambitious math 'challenge'

Over the past decade, the free instructional website Khan Academy has transformed how tens of millions of students across the globe perceive and approach math. Now, it’s pursuing a bigger aim: transforming how students perceive themselves.

John Fensterwald