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New Designs for School

How Project-based Learning Can Support Student Agency

Authentic learning experiences, reflection, student voice and choice, and connections to community elevate project-based learning by honoring student agency.
New Designs for School

How Can Today’s Classrooms and Schools Become Inclusive Learning Environments?

A 'Student Bill of Rights' and 'Student Success Ladder' set the stage for an inclusive learning environment that values student voice at Minarets High School in California.
Enabling Change

How Do You Include Students in School Improvement? Six Tips from YouthTruth

Including students in the entire process of surveying students about their school both empowers youth voice and improves our chances at making real change.
New Designs for School

How Blended Learning Can Support Student Agency

Blended learning puts students in the driver’s seat of learning by increasing their voice, choice, and motivation.
New Designs for School

Transforming High School by Challenging Students to Take Action Based on Their Learning

A Vista HS student takes action on a topic she discovered during her learning, realizing the power of student voice to improve her own learning experiences.
New Designs for School

Transforming High School by Engaging Student Autonomy

Vista High School students describe an interdisciplinary project that required greater levels of autonomy, voice, and social construction. Podcasts included!
Building Community

Teachers as the Drivers of Change

When we increase student voice and choice in learning, we must also increase teacher voice and choice in curriculum, instruction, school operations, and PD.
Why Schools Need to Change

Student-Centered Evidence at Mission Vista High School

Find out how Mission Vista High School uses student-centered evidence of their personalized learning innovations and explore the Full Spectrum of Evidence student voice gallery.
Professional Learning

Next Gen Tools: Hiring for Mindset

Because teachers are the most important school-based factor for student success, hiring matters. Hiring for mindset involves a performance-based experience, where current students and teachers have a strong voice in the selection process, and a candidate’s fit with school culture has at least equal weight with performance and content knowledge.