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zens for a directory of many of these stories click here you can also enter key words in the search box at the top left of this and every page early on we also became involved in multi year projects targeted at youth learning and perspectives going to college when you are the first in the family to go the conditions of learning that help students thrive diversity social and emotional learning global understanding service learning school reform and more below are descriptions and links to these diverse collections the left column of this homepage includes quick links to many of these collections along with links to other wkcd websites and to a range of small wkcd publications the right column connects to wkcd s nonprofit publshing arm next generation press and its 17 titles with youth as co authors while wkcd continues to take on a small number of discrete projects like creating an advisory curriculum built on social and emotional learning we are by and large not adding to the collections described below they remain vital we believe as we write this farewell in february 2018 national commentary on why kids make great activists fill the media in the wake of the shooting at the stoneman douglas high school in parkland florida which killed fourteen students and three staff members and wounded many others many have been shocked to see the teenage survivors of the attack emerge as passionate articulate activists even more shocking is the fact that their activism seems like it might make an impact on the perpetually intractable issue of gun violence in america but followers of wkcd and other youth advocates shouldn t be surprised to see young people leading the way college matters supporting low income and first generation students what does it take to get to college especially if you are the first in your family to go what stands in the way what supports do students need for more than a decade wkcd has turned to first generation and low income students around the country for advice on how to make it to college and succeed once there we ve then passed this advice on to those following in their footsteps and the parents teachers and counselors who guide them our first in the family initiative a collaboration with lumina foundation for education includes websites multimedia downloads feature stories and special research projects with high school and college students as partners our first in the family your high school years and first in the family your college years have sold more than 200 000 copies global youth voices in 2005 wkcd s barbara cervone traveled to a small village in tanzania to work with secondary students on creating a photo essay about life there since then we ve supported more than two dozen photo journalism projects with youth on four contintents some as part of a multi year collaboration with adobe youth voices the youth contributing to our global youth voices collection has included affluent teens in beijing along with the sons and daughters of coffee farmers in rural ethiopia young burmese refugees in a bangladesh border camp along with university students in cities across hungary they remind us of the complexities of culture and politics and how they infuse what we value what we take for granted and what amazes us great american dreaming as we saw in the 2016 u s presidential election immigration has become a tinder box with raw emotions and fear making civil discourse near impossible and mass deportation thinkable almost every community in the u s has become a home to new immigrants with the promise and challenges they bring one way to engage students in this critical debate is to have them gather the stories and images of immigrants near at hand wkcd learned this when we coached and then published such work by new york city students in our photo essay book forty cent tip stories of new york city immigrant workers 2006 great america dreaming also includes stories photoessays monologues and cartoon narratives about the immigrant experience produced by high school students in chicago tucson oakland and casco maine how youth learn how do youth learn best in the high school years what conditions of learning help students thrive in 2013 wkcd developed a special website to capture decades of research on adolescent learning along with the results of our own investigations we found that good learning involves direct experience especially deep immersion in a consequential activity motivation is strongest when it emerges from the young person s prior knowledge and interests when it springs from the task itself and when it is driven by a desire for mastery and by identification with others who do it well learning flourishes when it is social when it occurs as a shared activity within meaningful relationships and when it allows for increasingly responsible participation our how youth learn website includes research summaries student voices exemplary practices and educator resources just listen it s easy for educators to make assumptions about how their students experience school but they often miss the mark that s what sparked wkcd s 2012 just listen series of video clips 200 in all in which high school students speak directly to viewers about teaching and learning averaging one minute in length they convey kids thinking in a way that is easy to share and talk about with others the videos supported by metlife foundation show that what young people say they want for themselves aligns closely with what we say we want for them stimulating classes good relationships with their teachers appropriate learning challenges success in high school college and beyond in our global village in 2007 after the publication of the photo essay book in our village kambi ya simba through the eyes of its youth wkcd s barbara cervone teamed up with international service learning consultant cathryn b kaye to invite young people across the globe to document daily life in the places they call home in the years since youth ages 8 to 19 from north hollywood to new orleans from the jungles of nepal to san francisco s tenderloin district have gathered the stories that mean the most to them the in our global village program now includes close to 60 photo essay books and the program continues to grow we ve created a how to manual for teachers along with a virtual library that allows readers to flip many of these books mentors that matter who are the significant adults in the lives of teenagers beyond the home and classroom how do they reach out to youth and why more than a decade ago youth across the nation gave their answers as they interviewed photographed and publicly honored mentors that matter in four cities chicago providence san francisco and tampa they nominated people from all walks of life artists coaches public officials even a school bus driver and a hair stylist who show that they care about other people s children in collaboration with metlife foundation the wkcd initiative developed literacy communication and photography skills in some 200 students who participated it also underscored how much young people value adults who reach out to share time and expertise with them practice project in 2009 wkcd s kathleen cushman posed the question what does it take to get really good at something to over 200 young people across the nation inviting them to become researchers of their own learning starting with the things they already knew and could do well they analyzed the process that all learners go through when they take up new things and work toward mastery this onging dialogue soon became a body of work we called the practice project including our book fires in the mind in which adolescent students talk about what motivates them to work hard at a challenge getting good was how these young collaborators refered to the journey toward mastery service learning too often we hear how kids today simply don t make the grade when teens do manage to wrest praise from adults it is often for what they don t do for toeing the line rather than for the positive things they can do from the start wkcd aimed to spread a more capacious view of what kids can do a vision that made room for real world problem solving teamwork character and citizenship learning from mistakes creativity social justice and contribution service learning rovides a wealth of exemplars of the sort of powerful learning with public purpose that wkcd has championed here is a directory of feature stories about service learning produced by wkcd over the years social and emotional learning what would it take to weave social and emotional learning sel into the daily fabric of our nation s high schools in 2013 and 2014 with support from the novo foundation wkcd studied effective practices in five american high schools that by their own design put social emotional learning at their core we created multimedia to capture student voices in these schools and we assembled selected sel resources for educators in an education week commentary we summarized the implications for public high school education we gathered our findings and stories in belonging and becoming the power of social and emotional learning in high school harvard education press 2015 more recently wkcd published a monthly feature called short workouts for social emotional learning geared towards middle and high school students may 2016 april 2016 march 2016 february 2016 january 2016 december 2016 student centered learning what does teaching look like when it truly centers on the student s learning needs as one of nine research teams for students at the center an initiative by jobs for the future and the nellie mae foundation for education wkcd s barbara cervone and kathleen cushman spent a year interviewing and observing teachers students and administrators in six diverse middle and high schools experienced in student centered learning despite their differences the schools all shared a common foundation of practice student centered learning where adolescents exercise both choice and responsibility demands a new approach to teaching which involves facilitating and coaching more than direct instruction student centered teachers develop a fresh relationship to their craft playing multiple roles and always learning new skills students as allies in school reform the refrains are familiar school is boring students complain it s hard to see a connection between what we re taught and the real world students are unprepared teachers say too much of teaching is really just classroom management what would it take for students to become stakeholders not just in their own success but also in that of their teachers and schools in 2003 2004 with support from metlife foundation wkcd launched its students as allies in school reform initiative in five cities we helped students and teachers conduct survey research about their own schools and supported dialogue and constructive action around their research results our surveys have been downloaded more than 200 000 times from wkcd org by teachers education students in college and graduate school and student groups student research for action from 2003 2006 wkcd had the opportunity to help students and teachers nationwide to conduct ambitious student action research projects targeting critical education and community issues the bill melinda gates foundation provided the financial support the initiative exemplified two of wkcd s core beliefs that what happens inside a school s walls should connect to the world outside and that young people have the capacity to reflect analyze and create new knowledge that can then improve their schools and communities over the course of three years wkcd awarded 49 grants in amounts ranging from 500 to 4 750 to a total of 52 individual schools in 17 states the products of the students research several books videos reports new programs surveys powerpoints still attract attention more than a decade later student youth voice when wkcd embraced student voice as part of our guiding principles in 2001 the idea that youth should be welcomed as crucial investors in improving their schools and communities had few advocates the research on the power of student engagement was commensurately sparse in contrast wkcd set out to celebrate and support youth as collaborators in our books and other publications e g our fires series in survey projects nationwide in more than 75 grants to student research groups across the globe and in the feature stories we produced for this website we learned that meaningful student voice must be inclusive be woven into the daily fabric of school target substantive issues involve asking and listening by all parties and lead to constructive action voices from the middle grades what do students in the middle grades most need from their teachers wkcd offered their answers in a sequel to our groundbreaking book fires in the bathroom this time listening to the voices of early adolescents talking in depth with 40 students in middle grades around the country wkcd s kathleen cushman asked them questions like what helps you want to try hard in school or keeps you from doing so how can your teachers help you deal with social issues and pressures you face when it comes to your parents what do teachers need to know and do how can teachers prepare you for the transition to high school to interpret their answers cushman teamed with laura rogers a developmental psychologist at tufts university who worked in middle schools for 13 years what kids can do inc info whatkidscando org www whatkidscando org copyright 2018 what kids can do inc feature stories special collections other wkcd sites small publications next generation press resources about us there s a radical and wonderful new idea here that all children could and should be inventors of their own theories critics of other people s ideas analyzers of evidence and makers of their own personal marks on the world deborah meier educator how youth learn and the power of social emotional learning advice for parents helping your child succeed english and spanish other wkcd sites firesinthemind blog by kathleen cushman howyouthlearn research resources more firstinthefamily advice about college centerforyouthvoice student action research inourvillage kambi ya simba tanzania special collections college matters global youth voices great american dreaming how youth learn in our global village just listen mentors that matter practice project service learning social emotional learning student centered learning students as allies in school reform student research for action student youth voice voices from the middle grades youth in policy civics 2 youth on the trail 2012 popular wkcd publications pdfs a guide to creating teen adult public forums cultural conversations through creative writing documenting immigration stories first ask then listen how your students can help you teach them better 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