We’re not waiting for a better education future.

We’re creating that future together, today.


Every child in America deserves an education that is learner-centered—to discover who they are, develop their gifts, and ways to contribute them meaningfully to the world.

So, with a passionate network of young people, educators, community leaders, and inventors, we’re designing an equitable public education system built for learner-centered education to thrive.

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Our Work

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Building the Field

For over a decade, we’ve been connecting and cultivating a vibrant movement of learner-centered changemakers. We champion and elevate their work so more kids and communities can experience it and flourish.

Invention in Action

Now it’s time to shape the systems and create conditions for this work to spread equitably. Our path forward? Community-based, learner-centered ecosystems—and the R&D needed to bring them to life.

Our Network

In pockets throughout the country, learner-centered education is powerfully impacting our young people. See how our partners in the field illuminate what’s possible. 

Big Thought
Big Thought
Dallas, TX
The Met
The Met
Providence, RI
One Stone
One Stone
Boise, ID

Big thinking requires many voices

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The Other History of Self-Directed Learning in America

Many people assume that learner-centered education is a new idea and that the industrial model of schooling is simply how education has always been. Dr. Caleb Collier explores various chapters of American history to show the rich roots learner-centered education has in America.
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Mothers of the Learner-Centered Movement

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Edutopia: 3 Daily Practices to Build a Learner-Centered Classroom

See learner-centered education in action


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OUR SUPPORTERS