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This report describes the initiative to create a composite definition of student success in learning, work, and life, drawing on over 25 highly-regarded frameworks and the literature in the education, work, and human development fields. In addition, the project’s four “through-line” questions are described: WHY do students need broader, deeper competencies today? WHAT specific competencies are important to empower their success? HOW can students develop these competencies and HOW can we gauge their progress? (October 2017, 3MB)

The MyWays Student Success Series examines this through-line of questions for next generation learning and provides research and practice-based support to help school designers and educators to answer these questions. The series consists of 12 reports organized into three parts, plus a Visual Summary and Introduction and Overview. For more on MyWays, visit myways.nextgenlearning.org

A different kind of Executive Summary. This report uses selected images from the MyWays Student Success Series to share key insights about the major trends and concepts impacting young people today; the broader, deeper competencies they need to succeed; and the learning design and assessment design approaches necessary to develop those competencies. (October 2017, 7.5MB) 

The MyWays Student Success Series examines the through-line of four essential questions for next generation learning and provides research and practice-based support to help school designers and educators to answer these questions. The series consists of 12 reports organized into three parts, plus a Visual Summary and Introduction and Overview. For more on MyWays, visit myways.nextgenlearning.org

This report traces the growing opportunity gap in this country and examines employment challenges and labor market shifts that have transformed the journey from high school to gainful employment into a highly complex and risky wayfinding decade for today’s youth; it concludes with four key takeaways for next generation educators. (October 2017, 4MB)

Report 1 is the first of five reports in Part A of the MyWays Student Success Series. Part A, “Adolescence in an Age of Accelerations,” analyzes the real-world changes and conditions that are most acutely impacting young people and outlines key developmental tasks of the adolescent years.

The MyWays Student Success Series examines the through-line of four essential questions for next generation learning and provides research and practice-based support to help school designers and educators to answer these questions. The series consists of 12 reports organized into three parts, plus a Visual Summary and Introduction and Overview. For more on MyWays, visit myways.nextgenlearning.org

This report probes five specific challenges facing young people as employers pull back on developing human talent — investing instead in technology, automation, and an on-demand workforce. Young job hunters must also contend with increasingly complex and impersonal online hiring systems that seek “perfect” candidates with pre-existing experience and competencies. (October 2017, 4MB)

Report 2 is the second of five reports in Part A of the MyWays Student Success Series. Part A, “Adolescence in an Age of Accelerations,” analyzes the real-world changes and conditions that are most acutely impacting young people and outlines key developmental tasks of the adolescent years.

The MyWays Student Success Series examines the through-line of four essential questions for next generation learning and provides research and practice-based support to help school designers and educators to answer these questions. The series consists of 12 reports organized into three parts, plus a Visual Summary and Introduction and Overview. For more on MyWays, visit myways.nextgenlearning.org

This report examines how an age of accelerations is transforming postsecondary education, with a tripling in the number of career fields, a doubling in colleges and universities, and a five-fold increase in postsecondary programs of study. Costs and student debt are skyrocketing. Most students are working learners and most need to build social capital to gird their work/learn journey. (October 2017, 5MB)

Report 3 is the third of five reports in Part A of the MyWays Student Success Series. Part A, “Adolescence in an Age of Accelerations,” analyzes the real-world changes and conditions that are most acutely impacting young people and outlines key developmental tasks of the adolescent years.

The MyWays Student Success Series examines the through-line of four essential questions for next generation learning and provides research and practice-based support to help school designers and educators to answer these questions. The series consists of 12 reports organized into three parts, plus a Visual Summary and Introduction and Overview. For more on MyWays, visit myways.nextgenlearning.org

This report summarizes the close connection between opportunities and relationships. While social capital is traditionally weak among young people in general, growing class segregation is creating a social capital crisis for less advantaged students. A key part of the wayfinding decade is securing social support, developmental relationships, and connections to resources through five types of social capital: Caring Friends & Adults, Near-Peers & Role Models, Mentors & Coaches, Networks & Weak Ties, and Resources & Connectors. (October 2017, 5.5MB)

Report 4 is the fourth of five reports in Part A of the MyWays Student Success Series. Part A, “Adolescence in an Age of Accelerations,” analyzes the real-world changes and conditions that are most acutely impacting young people and outlines key developmental tasks of the adolescent years.

The MyWays Student Success Series examines the through-line of four essential questions for next generation learning and provides research and practice-based support to help school designers and educators to answer these questions. The series consists of 12 reports organized into three parts, plus a Visual Summary and Introduction and Overview. For more on MyWays, visit myways.nextgenlearning.org

This report examines the adolescent developmental tasks that are key to a healthy life and to successfully navigating the work/learn landscape: reclaiming the potential of the adolescent years; finding self, strengths, and direction; acquiring capability and agency; overcoming trauma and personal challenges; and building relationships and social capital. (October 2017, 3MB)

Report 5 is the last of five reports in Part A of the MyWays Student Success Series. Part A, “Adolescence in an Age of Accelerations,” analyzes the real-world changes and conditions that are most acutely impacting young people and outlines key developmental tasks of the adolescent years.

The MyWays Student Success Series examines the through-line of four essential questions for next generation learning and provides research and practice-based support to help school designers and educators to answer these questions. The series consists of 12 reports organized into three parts, plus a Visual Summary and Introduction and Overview. For more on MyWays, visit myways.nextgenlearning.org

This report summarizes what student success looks like in an age of accelerations. The report offers an overview of the framework; a preview of the four MyWays domains and the five competencies in each domain; a description of what you will find in Reports 7–10 on the individual domains; and a starter selection of important resources. (October 2017, 2MB)

Report 6 is the first of five reports in Part B of the MyWays Student Success Series. Part B, “Broader, Deeper Competencies for Student Success,” provides a composite definition of student success in learning, work, and life, drawing on over 25 highly-regarded frameworks and the literature in the education, work, and human development fields. 

The MyWays Student Success Series examines the through-line of four essential questions for next generation learning and provides research and practice-based support to help school designers and educators to answer these questions. The series consists of 12 reports organized into three parts, plus a Visual Summary and Introduction and Overview. For more on MyWays, visit myways.nextgenlearning.org