The National Institute for Student-Centered Education (NISCE) believes that ‘one size does not fit all’ when it comes to providing the best educational context for every student. NISCE advocates for the existence and development of a wide variety of educational options that will best support the diversity of students enrolled in our nation’s schools.
With an expertise in developing new educational services and innovative practices, experience in consulting with other schools, school districts and human service providers, and with a history of constantly focusing on ways to enhance the quality and performance of their own four programs, Schools for Children found itself seeking a way to describe approaches and educational practices that link all of their schools and programs: Lesley Ellis School, Dearborn Academy, Seaport Academy and the STEP Program. That common thread emerged from a discussion of current school practices and a review of the educational literature. It is our belief that the core elements of what is known as ‘student centered education’ hold the key to what makes learning special in each of these diverse schools and programs… and the key to creating more effective schools nationwide.
Expanding on ways to understand and apply the tenets of this educational approach NISCE (and pronounced as ‘nice’), seeks to engage educators, parents and students in conversations about the critical importance of supporting more individualized learning by finding ways to create, support and build upon the core: the relationship between teachers (or schools) and their students.
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Putting Student-Centered Education in Context
The Student-Centered School