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National Institute for Student Centered Education Receives 2015 Best of Arlington Award

July 15, 2015 in default, Features Tagged: News

National Institute for Student Centered Education Receives 2015 Best of Arlington Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Institute for Student Centered Education Receives 2015 Best of Arlington Award Arlington Award Program Honors the Achievement ARLINGTON July 15, 2015 -- National Institute for Student Centered Education has been selected for the 2015 Best of Arlington Award in the Education category by the Arlington Award Program.Each year, the Arlington Award Program identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community … [Read more...]

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What Makes a Good Educational Leader

January 29, 2015 in Features, INSPIRE 2014 Tagged: Approaches, Assessment, Educators, leadership

What Makes a Good Educational Leader

Leadership is not simply management. This is nowhere more evident than in educational settings where true leaders inspire, engage, facilitate and motivate both teachers and students to achieve success. But what makes a good educational leader? And how do leaders better foster an environment where the foundation of student-centered education thrives?At INSPIRE 2014, Bill Bryan, co-founder and vice president for leadership and organization development at the Center for Secondary School … [Read more...]

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The Boy Education Crisis

January 14, 2015 in Best Practices, Blog, default, INSPIRE 2014 Tagged: Approaches, Behavior, Boys, Educators

The Boy Education Crisis

All educators can attest to the behavioral and learning challenges that many, many boys in their classrooms exhibit. These challenges are leading boys to fall behind educationally, and leading teachers to grapple with productive ways in which to bolster their self-confidence and allow them to focus in class.At INSPIRE 2014, Anthony Rao, Ph.D., a psychologist and noted author, led a session on “The Boy Education Crisis” that helped attendees understand how boys think, develop and learn. After … [Read more...]

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Dearborn Academy Educator To Lead Course On Student-Centered Education at Northeastern University

January 12, 2015 in default, News, Press Releases

Dearborn Academy Educator To Lead Course On Student-Centered Education at Northeastern University

...Dearborn Academy high school director to teach “Perspectives on Student-Centered Education” in the College of Professional Studies’ “Issues in Education” course... WINCHESTER, MA – January 12, 2015 -- The National Institute for Student-Centered Education (NISCE) announced that Northeastern University will offer a course focusing on student-centered education in its College of Professional Studies.The class, called Issues in Education, is part of the university’s winter term curriculum … [Read more...]

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Social and Emotional Development for Girls

December 18, 2014 in Features, INSPIRE 2014 Tagged: Approaches, Behavior, Educators, Girls

Social and Emotional Development for Girls

Many teachers face their students every day knowing that some of the girls are struggling with feelings of self-doubt, self-consciousness and fear. Reaching out to those girls’ specific needs, while maintaining focus on whole classroom, can be complicated.At INSPIRE 2014, Rachel J. Kramer, Ph.D., a pediatric psychologist in Concord, Massachusetts, led a session on “Supporting Girls’ Social and Emotional Development in the Classroom” that helped attendees explore strategies for teaching girls … [Read more...]

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Testing the Standardized Test

November 20, 2014 in default, News, Testing Tagged: Approaches, Assessment, standardization

Testing the Standardized Test

By Theodore Willson Executive Director, National Institute for Student-Centered EducationAt long last, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is taking a much needed step back to examine whether the state’s appetite for standardized testing is proving detrimental to teachers and students.Matthew Malone, the state’s education commissioner, thinks it’s time to review how testing is being handled in school districts around the state. He was quoted as saying in a recent Boston Globe article, … [Read more...]

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White House Commissioner on Educational Excellence to Speak at INSPIRE

October 20, 2014 in Features, INSPIRE 2014, News

White House Commissioner on Educational Excellence to Speak at INSPIRE

....Monica Martinez, commissioner of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, attends two-day event hosted by National Institute for Student-Centered Education.... WINCHESTER, MA – October 20, 2014 -- The National Institute for Student-Centered Education (NISCE) today announced that Monica Martinez, Ph.D., commissioner of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, will speak this week at INSPIRE 2014, the organization’s flagship event.The … [Read more...]

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Education Philosophy Becomes Practice

September 24, 2014 in Best Practices, Features, Research

Education Philosophy Becomes Practice

This post was originally published at the Partially Examined Life:  A Philosophy Podcast and Blog and is contributed by Gary Chapin, Senior Associate for Quality Performance Assessment at the Center for Collaborative Education . ________________________________________________________________Over the past hundred years Constructivists and Traditionalists have enjoyed an uneasy truce in the world of education practitioners.  Constructivism “says that people construct their own … [Read more...]

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Why Educators Need to Develop Leadership Skills

July 15, 2014 in Features, INSPIRE 2014 Tagged: Educators, leadership

Why Educators Need to Develop Leadership Skills

The following post is contributed by Bill Bryan,  co-founder and vice president for Leadership and Organization Development, Center for Secondary School Redesign. Bill will be presenting at INSPIRE 2014.Five Reasons Educators Need to Focus on Developing Leadership Skills 1.  To Lead Successful Major Change Efforts:  A recent headline reads, "Early Results Indicate $4.6 Billion in School Turnarounds a Waste."  Most efforts at significant change in education practices fail, but not for a … [Read more...]

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About NISCE

June 24, 2014 in About Us, Non Blog

About NISCE

The National Institute for Student-Centered Education (NISCE) aims to catalyze support for a vision of education where students—not politics, not tests, not expediency—are at the center of learning, and where all students have the opportunities and resources they need to succeed. … [Read more...]

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