This fall, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation presented MIT President L. Rafael Reif with the Frank E. Taplin, Jr. Public Intellectual Award, which recognizes individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to public cultural and intellectual life. The award is named in memory of longtime Woodrow Wilson Trustee Frank Taplin. Since taking office as MIT President in […]
In a response to a recent commentary in The Chronicle of Higher Education, WW President Arthur Levine explains the robust meaning of Competency-Based Education and outlines some of the ways the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning plans to utilize the model: Competency-based education, at its heart, is about how learning is assessed. Rather than […]
Over at Educause, WW President Arthur Levine explains that the education sector is experiencing many of the same challenges and growing pains as the traditional newspaper industry—including redefinition by new media and user-driven choices about format. To adapt, educational institutions must repair and/or replace their current systems to fit the digital age: The multiplicity of […]
In a world where teachers compete with video games and iPhones for students’ attention, how do educators break through? It may all be in how they play the game—literally. The new Woodrow Wilson, HistoryQuest Fellowship provides professional development for New Jersey teachers, aiming to use the power of games, play, and digital tools to transform both […]
While much of the conversation surrounding student success focuses on classroom teachers, Woodrow Wilson EVP and COO Stephanie J. Hull reminds us of the importance of principals in a commentary for the Learning First Alliance: In fact, principals account for at least 25 percent of a school’s total impact on student achievement, according to research […]
Ellen Bryant Voigt, a 1964 Woodrow Wilson Fellow, was named this week as a 2015 MacArthur Fellow, a “Genius Grant” recipient. The poet has published eight collections, each known for its lyrical and narrative elements and subject matter of life and the natural world. The MacArthur Foundation says of her work: “Through her mastery of […]
This summer, WW New Jersey Teaching Fellows got a hands-on professional development opportunity at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City. The three-day intensive focused on integrating art, math, and science in the classroom and included lectures, networking opportunities, and activities throughout the Science Center. Held in partnership with the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the sessions also included presentations from […]
Over at educationpost.org, Woodrow Wilson’s Chief Communications and Strategy Officer, Patrick Riccards, questions those who have previously called to blow up our education schools: We have been asking more and more from our teachers. A decade ago, the remark was delivered expecting teachers to be researchers and psychometricians. In the years since, we have looked to those […]
In The Huffington Post this week, Arthur Levine, president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, is calling for the repair and replacement of American teacher preparation: The United States is making a transition from a national, analog, industrial economy to a global, digital, information one. All of our social institutions— government, media, healthcare, education, and the rest— […]
Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows and WW MBA in Education Leadership Fellows continue to bring new strengths to Indiana’s classrooms and schools. These two innovative programs aim to change preparation for both STEM teachers and school leaders. The WW Indiana Teaching Fellowship, in its seventh year, welcomed a new class of 49 prospective educators to its […]
