Learner-Centered-Learning

Observe any three-year-old at play. They define inquiry learning. They ask non-stop questions. They tinker with the environment and all that’s in it. They solve problems. They acquire language and communication skills at the speed of light. Then they enter school, and their bold, natural capabilities and curiosities as learners fade until at eighteen they are usually either resistant or compliant learners.

We bring a different perspective to our work with educators. We ask, “what if’? What if our schools functioned more like the environments of three-year-olds where questions are valued, opportunities are hands-on, and the experiences are immersive and engaging? What if learners had more choice in their learning at eighteen than they do at five? What if they spent their time building durable skills and the knowledge that will be relevant across lives that will stretch into the 22nd century?

We work with teams — grade or content teams, innovation teams, design teams, planning teams, leadership teams, or professional learning teams — to develop schools that support children as they grow into the creative, inventive, empathetic, and communicative lifelong learners our communities, our economy, and our world needs for the next 100 years. We challenge the myths of ability, grouping, fixed time and curriculum, lesson planning, testing, and grading.

We support your teams in using research, thinking, and pushing the learning boundaries set by 20th-century school reform. We help you create school communities that thrive in joyful spaces. We help your communities honor and maximize the innate potential of every child to grow into adults who love to learn for life, not just school.