Creating thriving public learner-centered environments and ecosystems requires not only a mindset shift, but an understanding of the existing state policies and conditions that must be navigated by learner-centered leaders and practitioners.
In this report, Sarah Bishop-Root, Education Reimagined’s Partner for Policy Leadership, offers insights from our comprehensive 50-state landscape analysis, which brought a nonpartisan lens to better understand the conditions learner-centered leaders are facing. It illuminates three categories for exploration:
- Existing learner-driven policies that enable learner agency
- Existing policies that generate flexibility for learner-centered design
- State conditions that could contribute to learner-centered design
The report also surfaces key takeaways from the analysis, including considerations and state examples that showcase where fertile ground for learner-centered education and ecosystems already exists. It is grounded in our organization’s lived experience working closely with learner-centered practitioners seeking to equitably serve youth across the country—the obstacles they face and what they need for their work to excel.
We invite you to dive in and explore the insights as you advance your work to offer learner-centered experiences in your communities, transforming public education throughout the United States.
