Agency is the capacity and propensity to take purposeful initiative--the opposite of helplessness. Young people with high levels of agency do not respond passively to their circumstances; they tend to ...

A few years ago, Harvard’s Achievement Gap Institute conducted a study on teaching and student agency. The study recognized agency as potentially “…as important an outcome of schooling as the skills ...

Dr. Rebecca Alber teaches in the Graduate School of Education at UCLA. She is a blogger and consulting editor at Edutopia, a literacy specialist, and a compulsive reader. She dips into the Pacific ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Exchange student programs are picking back up after a temporary shutdown due to COVID-19. In Virginia Beach, the Trussell family is preparing to welcome their third exchange ...

With summer and fall planning top of mind for educators across the country, one stubborn challenge is students’ online attendance and engagement—or, precisely, the lack of it. In many schools and ...

It’s only recently that I’ve become much more disciplined in my use of the term “student agency” and how I apply it. Thanks to a research assignment on behalf of the Center for Innovation in Education ...

GIVEN that most schools strive to grow by establishing a reputation of academic achievement, there are obvious gains from teaching students to crack exams and chase results. However, we have a dearth ...

What is student agency–and why do we need it? Jennifer Davis Poon June 13, 2019 Research on student agency reveals its important place in the classroom It’s only recently that I’ve become much more ...