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We try our best to make Unboxed a jargon-free zone, but there are invariably a few words that may be unfamiliar. We’ve done our best to define them here! 

Welcome to the Fall 2020 issue of Unboxed, which focuses on “Continuous Improvement” in education.

Welcome to the Winter 2020 issue of Unboxed, which focuses on “Continuous Improvement” in education.

What does literacy mean in the 21st century? Why does literacy matter for students?

Poet and activist LeDerick Horne on getting a segregated education... in the 1990s

This issue features a guide to codesigning with students written BY students, the story of a large school district in Kentucky that made student storytelling about their learning into an official part of the school calendar, a story about high school students helping other teenagers who are struggling with mental health, two stories about “C3 Mobility,” a project that paired high school seniors with college students so that the college students could help the high schoolers navigate the application process, a story about the tricky balance between “divergence” (letting people do what they want) and “convergence” (making sure everyone’s doing the same thing so you can compare it) in school improvement, and a piece by Amanda Meyer with specific, usable guidance for subverting the influence of white-dominant culture in school improvement.

The Issue 23 letter from the editor

Before 2020, you could have been forgiven for thinking that school buildings were an anachronism.

We didn’t set out to make this an issue about cultivating community and relationships and schools, but it’s clearly on the minds of our writers and editors...

In this first-ever retrospective issue of the journal, we showcase a range of previously-published articles which tackle the topic of literacy, along with a new interview with an educator who has been deeply influential to High Tech High schools.