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Why Schools Need to Change

Activate Your Graduate Portrait: Teaching, Learning, Culture, and Conditions for Student Success

Explore a sampling of the many examples, tools, student work, and instructional strategies in The Portrait of a Graduate in Practice stories, offering valuable insights and resources for any school community that is moving from #PortraitToPractice.
Why Schools Need to Change

Why Transforming Public Education Is So Damn Hard

Our public schools mirror the ways our society works. Changing them means challenging long-accepted norms while holding on to the best of what works.
Why Schools Need to Change

Transforming Power through Youth-Adult Partnerships

The Student Adult Advisory Board at Monument Mountain Regional HS brings youth and adults together to collaborate on changes they want for in their school.
Designing for Equity

Beyond the Back-to-School Student Survey: Culturally Responsive Teaching All Year Long

Discover 5 ideas to embrace culturally responsive and inclusive learning in all its complexity to help students develop a sense of belonging, academic success, and a critical worldview.
Reimagining Assessment

Grades vs. Continuous Learning: Learners Are Entitled to the A

If school communities continue operating in a system that is using grades to laser inscribe value on students—they all deserve the A.
Why Schools Need to Change

Turning School Libraries into Discipline Centers Is Not the Answer to Disruptive Classroom Behavior

A Houston proposal to replace school libraries with discipline centers fails to address the root causes of student misbehavior. Find out what will.
Professional Learning

Ready to Redesign High School in New England? Apply Now for Spring 2024 Learning Excursions

Small grants are available for New England teams interested in re-imagining high school with excursions to Manchester, Connecticut, and central Vermont.
Building Community

Three Stories of Courage and Resilience in the Face of All the Daunting Challenges Happening in Public Education Right Now

The ongoing dedication and openness to new practices of educators and students will brighten your day and inspire your work to transform learning.
New Designs for School

Educators everywhere are invited to participate in this year’s Remake Learning Days festival of hands-on learning

Students are more likely to succeed in STEAM learning and careers when their families are engaged and involved.
Why Schools Need to Change

A Pedagogy of Belonging: Student Voices 30 Years Later

Listen to former students reflect on their time with a school partnership program 30 years later, describing the impact it had on their lives.