CarnegieHub – Behind the Design
A look into how Carnegie is using design-based development to support our Networked Improvement Communities and the key design principles to help make the sites successful and useful for the users.
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March 13, 2015 March 2, 2015 Introducing Learning to Improve
On March 3, Learning to Improve, a new book by Anthony S. Bryk, Louis M. Gomez, Alicia Grunow, and Paul G. LeMahieu, will be released. The book outlines how Networked Improvement Communities (NICs) offer a new model for improving our schools.
February 18, 2015 Problem-Centered Policy Making
The Carnegie Foundation hosted an expert convening to focus on improving Title II by using improvement science tools to deepen our understanding of the problem the act is trying to solve.
February 9, 2015 Examining Multi-Rater Teacher Observation Systems
A growing number of districts have adopted multi-rater evaluation systems, in which multiple observers watch, assess, and respond to teachers’ practice. While multi-rater systems are more complex, every district in this study reported many benefits.
February 3, 2015 Bridging the Pathways to STEM and Technical Preparation Fields
Pathway faculty leaders are developing bridge courseware that can enable Pathways students to be eligible to take the math courses in STEM or business majors without having to enroll in an additional developmental math course.
January 30, 2015 Behaviors of Organizations Orchestrating Large-Scale Improvement
Inside the Command Center, a recent piece in the Stanford Social Innovation Review by The Billions Institute co-founders Joe McCannon and Becky Kanis Margiotta 10 behaviors of organizations that move initiatives from theory to action.
January 22, 2015 Huffington Post Publishes Piece on Evidence to Support Improvement
Social Policy Senior Fellow Lisbeth Schorr and Carnegie Foundation President Tony Bryk's op-ed advocates for an expanded conception of rigorous evidence used to inform social spending.
December 18, 2014 Adapting Value and Mindset Interventions to the Community College Setting
Iterative testing from a Carnegie Alpha Lab practitioner-researcher partnership highlights the potential impact of a mindset intervention followed several weeks later by a utility value intervention administered online to reduce course dropout.
October 23, 2014 The Standardization Paradox
There seems to be an aversion to the idea of standardization in education. But standardization can allow teachers to have the time and freedom to meet individual needs when those needs vary from the majority.
September 26, 2014 The Role of Policy in Improvement Science
Panelists at Carnegie’s convening, Using Evidence to Advance Teaching: The Promise of Improvement Science in Networks, discuss how to create a political environment to support and not impede the use of improvement science.
September 11, 2014 Creating Opportunities for Students to Become Flexible Experts
Carnegie Fellow Jim Stigler highlights how if teachers create recurring and sustained exposure to three key learning opportunities (productive struggle, explicit connections, and deliberate practice), students can become flexible experts.
September 9, 2014 How Carnegie Is Using Technology to Enable Collaboration in Networks
Carnegie has created a network online workspace that serves as the primary access point for all network members. We present four key design principles to improve traditional ways of collaborating and sharing learning online.
August 21, 2014 Revisiting the Purposes of Practical Measurement for Improvement: Learning from the BTEN Measurement System
The participants of Building a Teaching Effectiveness Network (BTEN) have sought to build the type of integrated system of measurement described in Practical Measurement that is so often lacking in our educational systems.
August 6, 2014 Testing Stress Impact on Students
Carnegie's Pathways are design and testing around arousal reappraisal, which instructs individuals that the physiological arousal experienced during stress is not harmful, but rather can be conceived of as a coping resource that aids performance.
July 29, 2014 Designing a Collective Learning System
Carnegie’s work rests on the assumption that we need to increase the rate of learning to reach higher educational aspirations. A key component of that vision is building on others' learning.
July 27, 2014 How to Spur Improvement Activity in Networks
Through the initiation and development of several Networked Improvement Communities, Carnegie has gained five key insight into what it takes to spur improvement activity in networks.
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