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Featured Report or Fact Sheet
Science of Learning: What Educators Need to Know About Adolescent Development
Adolescence is a time of transition characterized by rapid physical, neurological, cognitive, and socioemotional development. As students move toward adulthood, their bodies and minds change. Those changes affect how they learn and, likewise, should influence how educators interact with youth.
This Alliance for Excellent Education report summarizes the key developmental changes that adolescents experience in their bodies, brains, relationships, identities, and experiences and explains how those changes impact student learning.
The report also recommends ways that educators and other adults can leverage findings from scientific research to create cohesive learning environments that comprehensively address adolescents’ developmental needs.
Reports & Fact Sheets:
- Measuring Growth in 2021: What State Leaders Need to Know
Report, August 04, 2020 - Alliance for Excellent Education Letter Opposing Proposed Changes to the Civil Rights Data Collection
Report, November 21, 2019 - Strengthening the Transition from High School to College: Priorities for the Higher Education Act
Fact Sheet, October 07, 2019 - Fifteen Things to Know About Student Loan Debt—and What Congress Can Do to Fix It
Fact Sheet, October 07, 2019 - Perkins Career and Technical Education Primer: Special Populations
Fact Sheet, September 16, 2019 - Ten Things to Know About Trauma and Learning
Fact Sheet, September 06, 2019 - Science of Adolescent Learning: How Identity and Empowerment Influence Student Learning
Report, August 15, 2019 - Innovating for Equity and Excellence: Perkins V Implementation Recommendations for States
Report, August 15, 2019 - Promoting Readiness in Education to Prevent Additional Remediation and Expense (PREPARE) Act (S. 1516.)
Fact Sheet, May 16, 2019 - Screened Out? Some States May Underidentify Schools with Low-Performing Student Subgroups
Fact Sheet, March 26, 2019