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Nagaoka, Jenny; Farrington, Camille A.; Ehrlich, Stacy B.; Heath, Ryan D. – University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2015
Amid growing recognition that strong academic skills alone are not enough for young people to become successful adults, this comprehensive report offers wide-ranging evidence to show what young people need to develop from preschool to young adulthood to succeed in college and career, have healthy relationships, be engaged citizens, and make wise…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Success, Child Development, Adolescent Development
Gayl, Chrisanne L. – Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2017
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides an opportunity for states and local education agencies (LEAs) to rethink the goals and policies that they have in place for public education. Under the new law, education leaders have greater flexibility to define student success and to design their own systems and programs to ensure educational…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Statewide Planning, Educational Planning
Zinsser, Katherine M.; Weissberg, Roger P.; Dusenbury, Linda – Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2013
Following a surge of research showing the importance of social and emotional competence for children's academic and social success (e.g., Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor & Schellinger, 2011; Sklad, Diekstra, Ritter, Ben & Gravesteijn, 2012), education policymakers across the country have made efforts to incorporate social and emotional…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Digate, Gail A.; Rhodes, Lewis A. – School Administrator, 1995
Since 1990, over 40 Illinois and Massachusetts school districts have built capacity for sustained improvement through vertically structured, district-level Learning Leadership Teams. Originated by Motorola executives, LLT was based on an understanding of organizational change derived from the National Science Foundation's definition of systemic…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Industry