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Why Schools Need to Change

Revival: Could Public Education Revive the Common Good?

​What would you revive if you could revive something that has faded away? An exploration of the common good and the power of public education.
Why Schools Need to Change

Co-Build Your Own Grand Agreement

This activity to develop a new vision for student success with the local community can help reset organizational culture, galvanize innovative problem-solving, and help maintain stability and momentum through disagreements and challenging times.
New Designs for School

Creating Community Problem-Solvers in a School Makerspace

Students beg for learning that connects to their lives. With a makerspace and community partnerships, students can solve real-world problems in their communities.
New Designs for School

Level Up Your Community Engagement

Schools and districts can use this activity from the Prepared project to expand beyond one-way communications practices with a strategic approach to community engagement.
Designing for Equity

Empowering Emergent Bilinguals: 3 Strategies for Academic Achievement

These three strategies used at International High School at Langley Park (IHSLP) can help emergent bilingual students excel in the U.S. education system.
Enabling Change

Ed Leaders: Your Path Out of COVID to a Radically Better Future Is Hiding in Plain Sight

New research from 70 schools and districts suggests a path forward: tuning our learning models and operating norms to the competencies we most want for our students.
Building Community

Education Is Not a Media Soundbite: It’s Time to Do Something Different

Teachers who are directly working through the struggles in K-12 education today have a perspective that is too often overlooked in the media, and the effects are damaging.
Building Community

A Learning Journey: Student-Led Experiences Bringing Community and School Together

Abbotsford School District is on a journey of system change with youth actively contributing to decisions traditionally made without meaningful input from students.
Building Community

Better Together: Beyond Our Walls

Reflecting on its top priorities for the year, Distinctive Schools relies on “Stay Ready & Better Together” as it continues to ask: What can we do better?
Building Community

WISDOM ROAD: Join Me on an Audacious Journey

Grant Lichtman is starting a listening journey through the US and Canada to unearth deep cultural wisdom in “overlooked” communities. Here's how to join in the learning and guide the path he will take.