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Why Growth Mindset Isn’t Working in Schools…Yet

Making growth mindset work in schools requires students to build new skills, specifically to understand and get better at the process of learning. Originally published in EdSurge.

Rupa Gupta

July 12, 2018

Inspiring a Growth Mindset Through Student Reflection

Having my students reflect and getting to see their learning journeys more clearly helped me gain more confidence in my abilities as an educator and fall back in love with teaching.

Erica Acton - Teacher

November 27, 2018

Playlists Alone Don’t Equal Personalized Learning

Personalized learning doesn't just mean a different playlist of lesson activities & videos. Real personalization comes when teachers and students dialogue about the trajectory and strategies for their progress. We're helping teachers do this at scale

Rupa Gupta

August 22, 2018

The Case Against Automated Student Data Dashboards

Tremendous insights can emerge from collecting and analyzing student data, but automating data does not serve students. Giving students access to their own data and teaching them the skills to notice trends & act on insights deepens learning.

Rupa Gupta

August 16, 2018

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Why Student Data Should Be Students’ Data

Students can make gains in taking ownership of their work when they’re given access to their data around that work. Reflections from a former district data integration & reporting administrator. Originally published on Edutopia.

Dennis Li

July 30, 2018

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