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...]
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...]
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...]
Ted Wilson on MIX 104.1 Champions Student-Centered Education and INSPIRE 2014
This past September, Ted Wilson, executive director of the National Institute for Student-Centered Education (NISCE) appeared live in the MIX 104.1 studios in Boston to discuss NISCE's mission and its then upcoming INSPIRE 2014 conference. Host and MIX program director, Mike Mullaney, engaged Ted in a high-energy and broad-ranged interview on the current state of education in Massachusetts; the need for a truly student-centered approach to education; and the broad range of topics planned at … [Read more...]
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...]
School Practices that Downshift Students
A well-known term in the brain-based world is "downshifting." According to Renate and Geoffrey Caine who first coined the term, downshifting is "the psychophysiological response to threat, accompanied by a sense of helplessness or fatigue. The downshifted person experiences a sense of fear or anxiety, not the excitement of a challenge. Downshifting is accompanied by a feeling that you cannot access your own ability to deal with the situation. Downshifting can result from very drastic conditions … [Read more...]
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...]
NISCE to Expand Focus and Outreach
….New initiatives result of feedback at two-day INSPIRE 2014 conference… WINCHESTER, MA – November 4, 2014 -- The National Institute for Student-Centered Education (NISCE) today announced that, based on feedback from its INSPIRE 2014 conference, it will expand and enhance its mission-driven programs with a clearer emphasis on practical applications and approaches to student-centered education, and enhancing its focus and strategies to respond to educators’ concerns about the efficacy and … [Read more...]
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...]
INSPIRE 2014 Draws Education Reform Advocates From Around the World
WINCHESTER, MA, October 13, 2014 - The National Institute for Student-Centered Education (NISCE) today announced that it expects as many as 300 education reform advocates at INSPIRE 2014 later this month.The annual conference, now in its second year, unites education stakeholders – teachers, administrators, policy makers, parents, mentors and students – who collectively call for a more student-centered approach in K-12 education.This year, advocates from ten US states are traveling to … [Read more...]
