The future of learning isn’t only in classrooms. By gaining real-world experiences in authentic professional settings like internships, projects, and mentorships, high school students across the country are acquiring new skills and expanding their postsecondary opportunities for after graduation. Yet work-based learning can be hard to do well, and ongoing challenges such as student accessibility […] The post “Youth Are the Curriculum”: How to Help Students Learn Through Real-World Opp...| Bellwether
This is the second post in a series on Bellwether’s School Quality Framework, highlighting exemplary schools and systems at different stages of their improvement journeys. A school’s mission should be more than a statement. It should be a dynamic philosophy that students, staff, and community members live out every day. Bellwether’s School Quality Framework (SQF), […] The post Preparing Students for Life, Not Just More School: Lessons from D.C.’s Sojourner Truth Montessori appeared ...| Bellwether
California’s school funding formula for K-12 schools is designed to direct more resources to students with greater need. However, some districts — known as basic aid districts (also called “community-funded” or “excess-tax” districts) — generate more funding from local property taxes than the state calculates they need under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). Basic […] The post Excess Revenue, Unequal Opportunity: Revisiting Basic Aid in the LCFF Era appeared first on B...| Bellwether
This is the third blog post in a series by Alex Cortez on education reformers using “bad language.” Read the first post on “school choice” here and the second post on “accountability” here. In K-12 education reform (and the nonprofit ecosystem more broadly), we have a bad habit of using jargon that creates more confusion […] The post Education Reformers Using Bad Language: “Growth” appeared first on Bellwether.| Bellwether
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving, with potential to impact the education sector and how organizations operate. Through our year-long learning and action network, Bellwether will work directly with education and youth-serving organization leaders to prepare for an AI-driven future. The Cohort AI has potential to reshape how organizations operate, deliver programs, and engage communities. […] The post Artificial Intelligence Cohort for Education and Youth-Serving Organization ...| Bellwether
Bellwether is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. We’re using this moment to look back on some of the work we’re most proud of — work that we plan on scaling as new trends and challenges emerge. Over the last 15 years, our team of experts has partnered with hundreds of organizations who work tirelessly […] The post How the Stranahan Foundation Is Shaping the Future of Early Childhood Education appeared first on Bellwether.| Bellwether
