In this article, Abigail Echo-Hawk, the Chief Research Officer of the Seattle Indian Health Board, talks about what it means to decolonize data in her context of providing health services for indigenous communities. This discussion goes into how data is communicated through a deficit-based framework, how to add a cultural lens in thinking about data,…

There is no better source for learning about a student than the child’s parent(s) or guardians. Yet teachers can go months or even the whole year without any significant interaction with the families of their students. Intentional family engagement, therefore, is a critical aspect of creating a sense of classroom belonging. It allows for a…

Black Teacher Project Founder and Director, Micia Mosely meets with MindShift’s Nimah Gobir to discuss how schools can recruit and retain Black Teachers.

Students and student voices must lead our work in building equitable and liberatory schools. The Youth Liberation Symposium, an entirely youth-led virtual symposium featuring youth from across our network of 18 school districts connected to learn about the history of education liberation struggles and dive into questions around their own activist identity. The symposium culminated…

When we listen to young people who are not experiencing belonging and success in the current system of school, and co-design both micro- and macro-innovations in partnership with them, trust is built, healing occurs, and the changes implemented benefit all young people.

This four-part guidance provides resources and reflection spaces for education leaders to evaluate their ARP ESSER spending, and the extent to which their spending is aligned to student-centered, equitable, and sustainable practices.

The Design Principles for Schools is a new playbook that aims to support K-12 educators and youth-serving professionals in transforming all learning settings to meet the acute needs we are facing right now and also provide a solid down payment on the better, more equitable education system we need for our kids and their futures.

This playbook suggests a set of design principles that were developed by a group of educators, practitioners, scientists, and parents, building on the knowledge we have today and the contributions of many in the field to nurture innovations, new models, and new enabling policies

Initial lessons from contemporary research that have significant implications for those working to advance opportunity, equity, learning, and youth development.

This article first introduced Transformative SEL with a focus first on race and ethnicity.