The two most powerful things to every human are their first name and their story. Get to know both before you start to instruct, correct, or coach them. Remember their story creates their perspective; therefore, it is how they see the world.

“Instead of rebuilding what we thought the community wanted in their school, we asked them to tell us.” —Farooq Burney, executive director of Al Fakhoora #empathy ideo.pn/2pXLY51

“One of the things we’re trying to do when we design is reveal needs that should be met. They’re never obvious. In order to dig down far enough to understand people and their interactions, you have to keep asking why.” ⁦IDEO⁩ ideou.com/blogs/inspirat…

Iteration, community engagement, pilots, user feedback -Rooted School forges a promising path for #schooldesign Matt Candler forbes.com/sites/mattcand…

Congrats to High Tech High on the $10.3M Gates Foundation support to improve the number of low-income and minority students enrolling in four-year colleges and universities #DeeperLearning fastcompany.com/90227688/gates…

Happy birthday to Paulo Freire, a champion of literacy for all! (September 19, 1921 — May 2, 1997)

So happy to be with the Amana Academy North Fulton crew for their EL Education Credentialing presentation this morning #WeAreCrew

Incredibly inspired by these 7 EL Education schools that demonstrate the power and possibility of an expanded definition of student achievement eleducation.org/news/seven-sch… #wearecrew #ELNC19

“Either a school is capable of continually transforming itself in response to children, or the school becomes something that goes around and around, remaining in the same spot.” — Sam Chaltain link.medium.com/DT0BYOmbmS

Great profile of EL Education School Design Fellow Myron Long

Our 2018 School Design Fellow Monica Green is designing a school where students take center stage. Learn more: eleducation.org/news/monica-gr… Our School Design Fellowship supports innovative and entrepreneurial educators to design, launch, and lead new EL Education network schools.

Seeking Innovative School Designers! The EL Education School Design Fellowship supports creative, entrepreneurial ed's to design, launch, and lead new EL Education schools. Learn more: eleducation.org/what-we-offer/…

In our school network, children are 10 months ahead in math and 7 months ahead in reading. We're Seeking New Partner Schools! Can we help propel your teaching & learning? Learn more about joining our network: eleducation.org/join-the-movem… #leadlap #suptchat #satchat #leadupchat

We at @TranscendBuilds are thrilled to open up a webinar opportunity this Friday December 13 from 12-1pm ET for members of our broader community to join us in an important dialogue with a leader in the education field, Diane Tavenner. transcendeducation.org/playlist-blog/…

The countdown is on! Better World Day is Friday, May 4th and 50,000 students across 24 states are ready to make the world better through civic contribution. We can't wait to hear what your school is doing on #BetterWorldDay! ow.ly/rwKP30jMxuj

Creating fieldwork opportunities to immerse our Polaris Charter Academy students in the history they are studying is a transformational EL Education practice.

So happy to be in Portland,ME today to celebrate EL Education #BetterWorldDay with students from Presumpscot ES, King MS and Casco Bay HS

900+ students celebrate #BetterWorldDay together in #portlandmaine EL Education

This is what the future looks like. Students leading the way with purpose, clarity and conviction. Just another day in the life of being kid in EL Education @conwayelementary #BetterWorldDay

Silverberg Leadership Award: 2017 Navarre Polaris Charter Academy 2016 Pierce @cascobayhs 2015 Wing @GeneseeCharter Who will it be 2018? Nominate an EL Education Leader today! eleducation.org/resources/Silv… EL Education #WeAreCrew