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Loading…Researched and defined by our partners at Education Evolving. A common language, not a prescription — adapted by each school to fit its students, its place, its people.
What every student needs in order to be in school and ready to learn.
Students have relationships with adults and peers who care about, believe in, and hold them to high expectations.
Read moreStudents' physical, psychological, and safety needs are met.
Read moreStudents are fully embraced for who they are and develop a sense of positive identity and belonging.
Read moreWhat learning looks like — how and where students do the work.
Students solve real-world problems and learn skills they will use in their own lives.
Read moreStudents learn in the community, at internships, on weekends, during extracurriculars.
Read moreStudents advance by mastering clearly defined learning objectives, and receive support as needed.
Read moreHow students take ownership over their own learning.
Education Evolving published a companion guide that maps equity considerations onto each of the seven principles. It's the clearest articulation of how learner-centered practice and anti-racist practice are the same practice — and how to translate that into the daily decisions inside a school.
Read the equity guide (PDF)When these principles are fully realized, the result is learning that is equitable, by design.Education Evolving, Equity in Student-Centered Learning Design (2022), p. 2.
The Strength-Indicator tool reflects each principle back to your community — students, families, teachers, leaders. Use the picture to start conversations, not to keep score.
