We advance student-centered learning for all students, by supporting teachers designing and leading schools, and by advocating for policy that catalyzes community-led innovation.

Recent Publications

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Equity in Student-Centered Learning Design
Guide · January 2022

A collaborative guide to realize equity across your school. Features tips, examples, and discussion questions for your team.

Ready for the Challenge: Ideas and Evidence from Student-Centered Learning in a Pandemic
Report · January 2022

Executive summary of a year-long blog series collecting ideas and evidence from student-centered learning in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Navigating Policy for Personalized, Competency-Based Education
Guide · March 2021

A guide for educators who are implementing personalized, competency-based programs and want help navigating Minnesota's laws, regulations, and reporting requirements as they do so.

Current Initiatives

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Advocating for the inclusion of more lenses, narratives, and histories—and a greater focus on American ideals of liberty and justice
A year-long blog series highlighting student-centered innovators in a pandemic—namely, the practices and success indicators they've used
We support, through resources, convenings, and coaching, a network of teachers designing and running schools

Popular Publications

Classics from over the years
Clearing Policy Barriers to Student-Centered Learning
What if policy helped rather than hindered school innovation?
Reimagining Teacher Preparation
Imagine if teachers were explicitly prepared for student-centered learning environments
The Split Screen Strategy: How to Turn Education Into a Self-Improving System
Plus, a new strategy paper by the author, published May 2019