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…

Liberatory Design is an approach to addressing equity challenges and change efforts in complex systems. It is a process and practice to: Create designs that help interrupt inequity and increase opportunity for those most impacted by oppression Transform power by shifting the relationships between those who hold power to design and those impacted by these…

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.

Our framework includes 10 dimensions to equip you — in partnership with other education leaders and advocates — with a foundation for unlocking better, more equitable school experiences for children in your community.

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.

A page created to support districts in using federal funds for equitable learning. Even post-ARP, this guidance is useful for any funding needs that come up.

A longer-form guide geared towards education advocates so they can speak across partisan divides in their communications.

A guide with specific ways for education advocates to talk about what brings Americans together even through so much division over education policy.

The Canopy tags are a common language for describing 72 of the most common practices in innovative schools. These tags were designed collaboratively by 10+ organizations in an attempt to break down silos and make it easier to share information about innovative schools and learning environments. They are free and open source to use, adapt,…

The Canopy project is a repository of collective knowledge about a diverse set of 250+ innovative K-12 learning environments. Nominating organizations from across the country identified communities implementing equitable, student-centered learning models to be included in the Canopy. Many of those learning environments contributed data on their approaches, providing a picture of emerging innovative practices…