Deeper Learning refers to the accumulation of six interrelated competencies: mastery of rigorous core academic content, critical thinking and problem solving, teamwork and collaboration, effective communication, learning how to learn, and cultivation of an academic mindset.
AYPF has organized a number of resources focused on deeper learning policy and practice issues. Scroll down for relevant links and supportive documents.
- What is Deeper Learning?
- A Video about Deeper Learning in Action (AYPF 2019 Study Tour to Colorado Springs):
- On the Road with AYPF (AYPF 2014 Study Tour):
AYPF Resources
Blog Posts
- Colorado’s efforts to align education and workforce needs in rural communities
- Setting State Equity Goals takes Planning & Partnerships
- Highlights from Deeper Learning 2018 – and why you should attend in 2019!
- Feedback with Fixes – What we learned to improve our study tours
- Listen Deeply to Learn Deeply
- How We Can Move From Seeing To Experiencing Deeper Learning
- Walk a Mile in My Shoes – Community Walks Foster Equity and Deeper Learning
- Courageous State Leadership for Educational Equity – Daunting, but Necessary
- New Promise in a Historic Rural High School Through Project-Based Learning
- Partnerships Promoting School Transformation in South Carolina
- When Seeing is Believing: How Deeper Learning Transforms Schools
- My Teacher Flips His Classroom and This is Why It Works
- 4 Lessons From an Inspiring School Preparing Students for Long-Term Success
- Creating the “Win-Win” for Schools and Employers: Lessons from Los Angeles
- Embracing Failure as a Necessary Part of Deeper Learning
- Equity and Deeper Learning – Some Musings to Mull Over
Study Tours
- Scaling Deeper Learning through District-Wide Implementation of Project-Based Learning (Study Tour, Cincinnati, OH & Owensboro, KY)
- Promoting Deeper Learning through Equity, Diversity, and Personalized Learning (Study Tour, Oakland, California)
- Advancing Equity through Deeper Learning in Rural Schools (Study Tour, Charleston, SC)
- Helping School and State Leaders Understand Deeper Learning (Study Tour, Washington, D.C.)
- Integrating Career Readiness into K-12 Schooling for Postsecondary Success (Study Tour, Los Angeles, CA)
- Deeper Learning: Implications for Practice and Policy (Study Tour, Boston, MA/Providence, RI)
Webinars
- Deeper Learning in the Time of COVID-19 Webinar Series:
- Part 1: New Hampshire
- Part 2: Supporting Educators’ Professional Development in Virginia
- Part 3: California (Fall 2020)
- How States use Professional Networks to Spread Deeper Learning
Partner Resources
Resource Hubs
- Alliance of Excellent Education, Deeper Learning Resources
- Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Innovation Lab Network Resource Page
- Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Leading for Equity: Opportunities for State Education Chiefs
- Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), CCSSO Every Student Succeeds Act Resources
- Education Week, Learning Deeply Blog Post
- Hewlett Foundation Deeper Learning Initiative
- Jobs for the Future (JFF), Students at the Center: Deeper Learning Research Series
Videos/Infographics
- Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Next State of Learning Videos (4)
- Hewlett Foundation, Deeper Learning Infographic – School and Construction
- Hewlett Foundation, Deeper Learning Infographic – School and Office
- Hewlett Foundation, Deeper Learning Infographic – School and Lab
- Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action
Reports/Briefs
- American Institutes for Research, Findings From the Study of Deeper Learning: Opportunities and Outcomes
- National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future (NCTAF), How Deeper Learning Can Create a New Vision for Teaching. National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future
- Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE), Student-Centered Schools: Closing the Opportunity Gap
- Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE), Creating Systems of Assessment for Deeper Learning
