Print Issues: Issue 23

Fourth grade students explored food systems and the people who grow their food...

Tenth graders studied local San Diego history through lowriders and lowrider culture...

Students used words and images to express themselves through their experiences, passions, past memories, adventures, beliefs, sayings, dreams and more! 

Sixth graders explored data related to their own phenotype data through the lens of major moments in U.S. history.

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.

WHEELS, an NYC Outward Bound School believe in the power of continuous improvement cycles to increase the collective efficacy of teacher teams...

College students lead and engage with high school students to provide mentorship for the college transition

So you want to involve students in your improvement work. Where do you start? Naturally, most improvers will begin by conducting empathy interviews.

Practical advice for "walking the walk" in equity-focused improvement work

To address the youth mental health crisis, 11th grade Humanities teacher Andres Perez and his students at High Tech High Chula Vista sewed tote bags for patients at Rady Children’s Hospital Psychiatric Outward. Along the way they learned about the systematic issues in society that could lead to troubling mental health issues, and how to take action toward them. They also learned the importance of iterating a product and a process, and giving grace to oneself through it all.