past seasons

Since 2020, our signature virtual workshop series has introduced curious educators to groundbreaking leaders in diverse learning environments. We’ve asked questions like:

What can Japanese Lesson Study teach us about professional learning? (The World, Season 3)

What can artists teach us about improving feedback through studio critique? (Art Schools, Season 4)

What can youth organizers teach us about how to teach for social change? (Activism, Season 1)

By the numbers:

88

Deep dives into projects ranging from peacemaker circles and Freedom Schools to teaching farms and workshops in American Sign Language

90%

Of participants would recommend the series to a peer

1,872

First-class stamps to mail custom-designed materials to every participant, filled with unique tools, powerful stories and curated art to deepen their relationship with each theme

2023 - 2024 / Season 4

ABOLITION | SEPTEMBER

What can the abolition movement teach us about care, justice and freedom?

ART SCHOOL | OCtober

What can art education teach us about nurturing, rigor, creativity, and collaboration?

LANGUAGES | December

What can language learning teach us about identity and power?

ELDERS | February

What can intergenerational relationships teach us about mentorship, wisdom, and preservation?

APPRENTICESHIPS | MARCH

What can apprenticeships teach us about mentoring, real-world work and purpose?

MENTAL HEALTH | may

What does holistic wellbeing and mental health care look like in a post-covid world?

2022 - 2023 / Season 3

EACH OTHER | SEPTEMBER

What can peer-to-peer learning models teach us about liberation and belonging?

https://aldercommons.org/
https://www.liberatedkids.org/
https://digitalpromise.org/edcamp/
https://www.applytoidea.com/

https://gastoniafreedom.org/
https://www.amherstindy.org/2022/04/15/arhs-will-introduce-disability-justice-course-this-fall/
https://thetransitionacademy.org/

Disability | OCtober

What can the movement for disability justice teach us about accessibility, care and activism?

YOUTH | December

What happens when young people take charge?

https://coyouthcongress.org/
https://www.detroithealsdetroit.org/
https://education-reimagined.org/map/renaissance-program-at-twinfield-union-school/

THE PAST | February

What can historic education models teach us about preservation and innovation today?

https://www.blackmountaincollege.org/history/
https://www.chicagofreedomschool.org/
https://kanuikapono.org/

THE WORLD | MARCH

What can we learn from international approaches to learning that might help us design exceptional experiences for kids here in the states?

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LIBRARIES + MUSEUMS | may

What can libraries and museums teach us about designing for self-directed learning, civic engagement, and joy?

https://library.nashville.org/events/studio-npl
https://walkerart.org/
http://www.ksmoca.com/

https://www.litshopstl.org/our-mission

EXTRA-CURRICULAR | MAY

What can we learn from “extra”?

other collaborators

2020 - 2021 / Season 1

belonging | November

What are the ingredients of an affirming and empowering community?

Deep thinking | December

How do we create the conditions for deep, critical thinking?

play | January

What is the role of play in transformational learning?

ownership | February

How might we trust and enable young people to drive their learning?

activism | april

What will activate the next generation of changemakers?

learning that “matters” | may

How can we make learning matter — to student lives and the broader world?