Learning and the Adolescent Mind

s a nation, we are confronted with a clear challenge in educating our youth. Students in underserved populations are facing increasing gaps in opportunity and achievement. Teachers and schools are facing increasing demands and diminishing budgets.

Yet many students learn. Many students succeed. How can we leverage their successes, and current research about adolescent learning, to increase the likelihood that their peers will find success? This site shares with parents and educators our most compelling knowledge about student success, through the ideas and the research of the most respected leaders and emerging thinkers.

Explore the Ideas, the People, and the Practices related to student learning and achievement. Please continue to visit this site to find the latest information for parents and educators.

This site, a continuously updated resource, was created through a collaboration between the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin and Agile Mind, Inc. It has been assembled and adapted from materials from many sources, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

IdeasWhat ideas are known to be most critical to shaping student learning and academic success?

PeopleWho are some important thought leaders in student learning and what have they discovered?

PracticeHow are important and emerging ideas and practices now being put to work in various settings to impact students and teachers?

In order to serve you better, we seek to learn how parents and educators are using this website. Please click here to complete a brief survey. All responses are anonymous and will be kept completely confidential. The survey will take approximately 5 minutes. If you have any problems with the survey, please contact Angela Bush-Richards at the Charles A. Dana Center.