Student-Centered Learning: Impact Academy of Arts and Technology

Education and Literacy

Student-Centered Learning: Impact Academy of Arts and Technology

This case study is one of four written by SCOPE about student-centered practices in schools.

The case studies address the following questions:

1. What are the effects of student-centered learning approaches on student engagement, achievement of knowledge and skills, and attainment (high school graduation, college admission, and college continuation and success), in particular
for underserved students?

2. What specific practices, approaches, and contextual factors result in these outcomes?The cases focus on the structures, practices, and conditions in the four schools that enable students to experience positive outcomes and consider the ways in which these factors are interrelated and work to reinforce each other.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California / Alameda County / Hayward

Student-Centered Learning: Impact Academy of Arts and Technology

Education and Literacy

Student-Centered Learning: Impact Academy of Arts and Technology

This case study is one of four written by SCOPE about student-centered practices in schools.

The case studies address the following questions:

1. What are the effects of student-centered learning approaches on student engagement, achievement of knowledge and skills, and attainment (high school graduation, college admission, and college continuation and success), in particular
for underserved students?

2. What specific practices, approaches, and contextual factors result in these outcomes?The cases focus on the structures, practices, and conditions in the four schools that enable students to experience positive outcomes and consider the ways in which these factors are interrelated and work to reinforce each other.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California / Alameda County / Hayward

Student-Centered Learning: Impact Academy of Arts and Technology

Education and Literacy

Student-Centered Learning: Impact Academy of Arts and Technology

This case study is one of four written by SCOPE about student-centered practices in schools.

The case studies address the following questions:

1. What are the effects of student-centered learning approaches on student engagement, achievement of knowledge and skills, and attainment (high school graduation, college admission, and college continuation and success), in particular
for underserved students?

2. What specific practices, approaches, and contextual factors result in these outcomes?The cases focus on the structures, practices, and conditions in the four schools that enable students to experience positive outcomes and consider the ways in which these factors are interrelated and work to reinforce each other.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California / Alameda County / Hayward

Millennials in Philadelphia: A Promising but Fragile Boom

Crime and Safety, Education and Literacy, Employment and Labor

Millennials in Philadelphia: A Promising but Fragile Boom

The growth of Philadelphia's young-adult population in recent years has been hailed as one of the more positive developments in the city's recent history and a possible key to its future.Since 2006, when the city's population reached its lowest point in a century, no major city has experienced a larger increase in 20- to 34-year-olds than Philadelphia, as measured by the change in their percentage of each city's overall population.

This boom, however, appears to be as fragile as it is promising. Young adults -- members of the nation's vast millennial generation -- are drawn to the city by its vibrancy, diversity, culture, and nightlife. But many of them voice a familiar set of concerns about life in the city, bemoaning the dirty streets, the crime, and the perennially troubled school system. And they are contending with a local job market that many consider to be lacking in the kinds of opportunities that lead to careers.

In a Pew Charitable Trusts poll, half of the 20- to 34-year-olds questioned said they definitely or probably would not be living in Philadelphia five to 10 years from now, compared with about 3 in 10 for the rest of the city's adult population. The millennials cited job and career reasons, school and child-rearing concerns, and crime and public safety as the primary reasons for their potential departures. Using demographic data, focus groups, and polling results, Pew took a close look at Philadelphia's young adults, a group that has brought the city a renewed sense of vitality and hope and has enlivened its streets, day and night.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Northeastern)-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia County-Philadelphia

2013 NAEP: How Does Indiana Compare?

Education and Literacy

2013 NAEP: How Does Indiana Compare?

This issue brief discusses Indiana's performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for 2013. The NAEP is the U.S. Government assessment used to rank student achievement.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Midwestern)-Indiana

Building Community Partnerships in Support of a Postsecondary Completion Agenda

Education and Literacy

Building Community Partnerships in Support of a Postsecondary Completion Agenda

This report highlights key lessons from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Community Partnerships portfolio evaluation. It assesses the communities' progress over the course of the investment, and describes their work in the areas of building public commitment, using data, building and sustaining partnerships, and aligning policies and practices. The OMG Center served as the national evaluator of this initiative and the report also discusses the steps these communities can take to sustain their programs.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Ohio / Montgomery County / Dayton;North America / United States (Northeastern) / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston;North America / United States (Southern) / Florida / Duval County / Jacksonville;North America / United States (Southern) / North Carolina / Mecklenburg County / Charlotte;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Arizona / Maricopa County / Phoenix;North America / United States (Western) / California / San Francisco County / San Francisco;North America / United States (Northwestern) / Oregon / Multnomah County / Portland;North America / United States (Northeastern) / New York / New York County / New York City;North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia County / Philadelphia;North America / United States (Southern) / North Carolina / Wake County / Raleigh;North America / United States (Southern) / Kentucky / Jefferson County / Louisville;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Arizona / Maricopa County / Mesa;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas / Cameron County / Brownsville;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas / Potter County / Amarillo;North America / United States (Western) / California / Riverside County / Riverside

Building Community Partnerships in Support of a Postsecondary Completion Agenda

Education and Literacy

Building Community Partnerships in Support of a Postsecondary Completion Agenda

This report highlights key lessons from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Community Partnerships portfolio evaluation. It assesses the communities' progress over the course of the investment, and describes their work in the areas of building public commitment, using data, building and sustaining partnerships, and aligning policies and practices. The OMG Center served as the national evaluator of this initiative and the report also discusses the steps these communities can take to sustain their programs.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Midwestern) / Ohio / Montgomery County / Dayton;North America / United States (Northeastern) / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston;North America / United States (Southern) / Florida / Duval County / Jacksonville;North America / United States (Southern) / North Carolina / Mecklenburg County / Charlotte;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Arizona / Maricopa County / Phoenix;North America / United States (Western) / California / San Francisco County / San Francisco;North America / United States (Northwestern) / Oregon / Multnomah County / Portland;North America / United States (Northeastern) / New York / New York County / New York City;North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia County / Philadelphia;North America / United States (Southern) / North Carolina / Wake County / Raleigh;North America / United States (Southern) / Kentucky / Jefferson County / Louisville;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Arizona / Maricopa County / Mesa;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas / Cameron County / Brownsville;North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas / Potter County / Amarillo;North America / United States (Western) / California / Riverside County / Riverside

Minnesota Compass

Aging, Children and Youth, Education and Literacy

Minnesota Compass

By tracking and analyzing trends in areas that affect quality of life, Compass gives everyone in Minnesota-- policymakers, business and community leaders, and concerned individuals who live and work in the area-- a common foundation to act on issues to improve their communities

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Midwestern)-Minnesota

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