Just Add…Common Purpose
Late last year, there was a student-led protest in front of Burlington High School. If you live in the area, you are probably aware of this. I remember watching the […]
Providence Reflections from Duc Dang
Our trip to Providence was an amazing success. The community we built among the participants and the innovative programs we witnessed inspired our learning and put wind in our sails […]
Design-Thinking: A Learning Process for Tomorrow’s World
________________________________________________________________________________ On Thursday, April 4th, more than 140 people attended a presentation and mixer at Main Street Landing. What brought people together from fields as varied as education, city planning, […]
Youth in Action
Our student led site visit to Providence is now a mere week away! Our student group meets for the first time today and I’m so excited to get everyone together […]
Do Students Want to do this Work? YES!!
The Youth Leadership and Engagement Team’s upcoming student trip to Providence, Rhode Island is now less than two weeks away! After promoting the trip widely throughout the Burlington and Winooski […]
Providence, Here We Come!
The Partnership for Change Youth Leadership and Engagement Team is pleased to announce our upcoming site visit to Providence, Rhode Island April 7-9. We’ll be exploring innovative approaches to what […]
New Zealand: Place, Integration, Coherence, and Art
[The following post is a continuation of a series of insights gleaned from observations, interviews, and collaboration in New Zealand schools.] _____________________________________ One last post, to highlight a few other themes […]
New Zealand: Collaboration and Crossing Cultures
[The following post is a continuation of a series of insights gleaned from observations, interviews, and collaboration in New Zealand schools.] ~~~~~~~~ As the window into Kiwi education continues to open, […]
Soft on Content?
On February second, The Partnership for Change hosted a community learning conversation asking “What do our Graduates Need to Succeed?” at Burlington High School. We invited a number of panelists […]
New Zealand: Community, Teacher Learning, and Student Voice
Our school visits in Auckland continue to focus on two questions: – What’s working? and – What is each school doing to improve? […]
