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.

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.

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…

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

An article highlighting the evolved definition of transformative SEL and its aligned focal constructs and the promise it holds for supporting equity and excellence in US schools.

This tool, adapted from the ATLAS Looking at Data Protocol from the National School Reform Faculty Harmony Education Center (nsrfharmony.org), presents a structured reflection process for SEL teams and other school stakeholders to observe trends and discuss ideas for continuous improvement of SEL implementation. It emphasizes the importance of examining data with an equity lens…