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Julia Freeland Fisher

Julia Freeland Fisher is director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute and author of the book “Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks.”

Students Need Human Relationships to Thrive. Why Bots May Stand in the Way

Julia Freeland Fisher

Analysis: Mapping Students’ Support Networks Is Key to Supporting Their Remote Learning Success. How Schools Can Make That Happen

Mahnaz Charania & Julia Freeland Fisher

Analysis: Is Summer Canceled? From Virtual Camp to Family Mental Health Supports to Outdoor Adventures (Really!), 5 Ways to Reinvent School Vacation

Julia Freeland Fisher & Amy Anderson

Fisher: 2 New Books Reveal Shocking Lack of Supports for High-Needs Students at High Schools & Colleges. What Can Be Done About It?

Julia Freeland Fisher

Fisher: Who You Know — 3 Ways Schools Can Foster Competency-Based Education by Focusing on Student Relationships

Julia Freeland Fisher

Fisher: Relationships Play an Essential Role in Our Lives and the Lives of Children. 5 Ways to Bring Them to Scale

Julia Freeland Fisher

Book Excerpt: The Power of Who You Know, How Schools Can Catapult Student Success By Building Their Social Networks

Julia Freeland Fisher

Commentary: New Searchable Guide to Ed Tech Tools Can Bridge Relationship Gaps and Help Schools Support Students

Julia Freeland Fisher

Analysis — Beyond Achievement Gaps, a ‘Relationship Gap’: It’s Not Just What Students Know, It’s Whom They Know That Enables Them to Succeed

Julia Freeland Fisher

Fisher: For HS Grads, 21st-Century Thinking, Skills (and Robots) Can’t Replace Importance of Human Networks

Julia Freeland Fisher

Fisher: Making Equity a First Principle of the Personalized-Learning Era

Julia Freeland Fisher