In 2010, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Education Program initiated its Deeper Learning Initiative, which focuses on students’ development of deeper learning skills (the mastery of core academic content, critical-thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, communication, and “learn-how-to-learn” skills). As part of that initiative, the Foundation is interested in monitoring the extent to which deeper learning is …
In 2010, the Hewlett Foundation made a significant eight-year commitment to focus its education strategy primarily on the long-term vision that all students in the United States would be able to acquire the knowledge and competencies they need to be successful in 21st century work and civic life. Over the past several months, The Bridgespan …
Open Educational Resources (OER) are “teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. ”MIT’s OpenCourseWare and the Khan Academy materials are well-known examples. OER have different properties from proprietary materials because they are legally …
Despite high costs for a college education and increasing debts that students face after they graduate, the demand for effective post-secondary higher education continues to grow. In 2013 alone, college enrollment grew by 15.4% across the U.S. 2 The increase in the number of students seeking post-secondary education has brought with it a corresponding increase …
Since 2000 the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has sought to inform, influence, and improve philanthropic approaches and decision making. An essential component of this effort has been the $24 million in grants awarded to 24 organizations as part of its Philanthropy Knowledge Creation and Dissemination Strategy.
In 2013, Hewlett Foundation contracted Harder+Company Community Research, an evaluation and planning firm for the social sector, to provide an independent evaluation of the Hewlett Foundation’s knowledge creation and dissemination strategy and help inform future investments in this area. The evaluation approach was exploratory and descriptive and based on the premise that learning is the primary goal.
Examines schooling and informal learning activities that prepare today’s students for adult roles as citizens, employees, managers, parents, volunteers, and entrepreneurs. For futher information see http://sites.nationalacademies.org/dbasse/bota/education_for_life_and_work/
Looks at online teacher professional development
This report presents the results of a project to estimate the percentage of U.S. elementary and secondary students being assessed on deeper learning skills through statewide mathematics and English language arts achievement tests at the beginning of the Hewlett Foundation’s Deeper Learning initiative.
A companion document to Understanding the Skills in the Common Core State Standards. Contains Table for Mathematics.