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When beginning this assignment, I found that I really was not as familiar with organizations pertaining to my interests and studies as I would hope. It took me a little while to actually decide on an organization because of my lack of knowledge of various organizations. I then searched a list of organizations that have to do with my interests and came across a few that I would want to know more about.

This organization; Education Reimagined, sparked my interest because it relates to a new perspective on education and that is what I believe is needed for the students of today in order to have a successful and effective tomorrow.

Although Education Reimagined is a new organization and it is still developing and working out the challenges and problems, the mission, vision, and support have promise and potential that I would be interested in following in order to find out how it is developing. The information that was obtained was limited based on the limited resources and information on the organization's sites.

I would be interested in understanding the organization on a deeper level and possibly using this organization as a stepping stone for bringing this mindset into other districts and countries that do not already have it.

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Founded: 29th of September 2015
2017

Pioneer Lab

2016

SparkHouse

Pioneer Lab Training

2015

Pioneering, Issue 1

Public Launch of "A Transformational Vision for Education in the U.S."

Location: 1133 19th St NW, Suite 410, Washington D.C.

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Mission

"Our purpose is to accelerate the growth and impact of the learner-centered education movement in the United States by sharing the possibility of learner-centered education, identifying and emboldening learner-centered pioneers already at work, and igniting and fostering ever-growing communities of diverse learner-centered pioneers."

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Believes in:
Blended learning, disruptive technology, deeper learning, connected learning, personalized learning, social and emotional learning, community schooling, out-of-school learning, teaching improvement, the teaching profession and its collective leadership, school choice, and more.
" We believe that it is time for a new conversation about education. Not only are we tired of the same recurring debates about what is wrong with today’s education system and who is to blame for its inadequacies, but we also realize that no amount of tweaking or modifying the current, industrial-era system will fulfill our vision of all children learning and thriving to their full potential."

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https://education-reimagined.org/about/

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Map of Innovative Learning Environments and Efforts

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Map of Innovative Learning Environments and Efforts

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https://education-reimagined.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-Map_033017.pdf

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Learner centered curriculum framework image

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Differences between an Instructor-centered vs a Learner-centered environment

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Differences between an Instructor-centered vs a Learner-centered environment

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Education Reimagined focuses on the learner.

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Executive Vice President of Education Reimagined

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Executive Vice President of Education Reimagined

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Pitsco Education
"The learner-centered education movement gives us an unprecedented opportunity to rethink not only our conventional education system but also our way of thinking about each other as local, regional, and national communities and the roles we play in education (from young people to educators to parents to business leaders and beyond). . . . there are at least three levers we can pull to reimagine education and address the issue of equity in our schools—culturally responsive pedagogy; connecting learners to the community outside the classroom; and public policy."

Read more from our Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Stephan Turnipseed on Education Reimagined

#ThisIsSTEM
#WednesdayWisdom
#STEMforALL
#futureready

http://bit.ly/33njRi3

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"Outcomes we want for all learners, the learning environments that could foster those outcomes, and the systems and structures necessary to create those environments."

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"Learner-centered education is about an entirely new way of seeing, thinking about, and acting on education. It focuses on 3 key aspects about the learner. First, each learner is seen as being unique in meaningful ways. They have unique backgrounds, circumstances, and starting points with unique strengths, challenges, interests, and aspirations. All of these unique attributes call for unique responses from their learning system. Second, each learner is seen as having unbounded potential—potential that will unfold at its own pace and in its own way. Every single learner is a wonder to behold. And, finally, each learner is seen as having an innate desire to learn. The job of the education system is to unleash that desire."

https://education-reimagined.org/collections/what-is-learner-centered-education/

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"Nathan Strenge and Sam Neisen will be launching Exploration High School in the fall of 2020—a learner-centered environment focused on young people determining and fulfilling the notion of success that is unique to their interests and aspirations. We wanted to speak with them before launching to provide insight into what drove these two learner-centered leaders to take a leap of faith to build a learning environment from scratch in Minneapolis, MN."

Q&A   05 NOVEMBER 2019
BY NATHAN STRENGE, EXPLORATION HIGH SCHOOL, AND SAM NEISEN, EXPLORATION HIGH SCHOOL

More about Nathan Strenge
https://www.educatedteachersmn.com/nathan-strenges-story/

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https://twitter.com/EdReimagined?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

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Q: How do you enroll parents in this transformative view of success?

"Sam: We need to be intentional in expressing what we’re trying to build. When teaching at a college prep high school, everyone had to take the ACT. Student dissatisfaction was really high, and student mental health was really low. It was extremely heartbreaking, and there were a number of student suicides while I was there. Sure, many kids got into college, but a lot of them didn’t end up graduating. There was a culture of challenge with no sense of direction.

That’s a story I would start with when speaking with parents. This school really didn’t prepare students for the next step; so, instead, we want to promote and instill lifelong learning in our students.

The second piece would be that in our model, it’s very tailored to what the student wants and needs. For us, it’s much more intentional about where they want to go and who they want to become—and how we can continuously support that.

Nathan: When we’re having these conversations with parents, they want what’s best for their kids. As a parent myself, I want what’s best for my kids. I start by asking: What do you want to get out of your child’s experience? Why do you want them to go to college? What is the desire behind that? What future do you want for them?

We can support any one desire you have for your child, and it starts with empathy, so that’s the first thing for me.

The second one is much more about describing how we as a society have accepted that school is about consuming content and hoping that leads to inspiration. In our model, we’re starting with inspiration and then infusing content around curiosity and passion. To me, leading with inspiration is way more powerful. The skills and content knowledge are going to follow. If you get kids learning something they care about, they can’t not learn—it’s impossible."
Q&A   05 NOVEMBER 2019
BY NATHAN STRENGE, EXPLORATION HIGH SCHOOL, AND SAM NEISEN, EXPLORATION HIGH SCHOOL

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~356 Individual Leaders
~116 Learner-centered environments
~29 States
~Each participant engages in a 3 day training session
~Point of contact if you would like to be involved with the learner-centered community with The Learning Lab - contact: Lindsy at lindsy@educationreimagined.org

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https://www.facebook.com/pg/EdReimagined/community/?ref=page_internal

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"A reimagined education system would not be a panacea for poverty and the other forms of systemic disadvantage facing our learners, we challenged ourselves to envision a system designed to meet all learners where they are and allow each to reach his or her full potential.

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An example of a program that shares the views of education reimagined

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An example of a program that shares the views of education reimagined

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https://youtu.be/ykYmBJiLayg?list=PL2VOuuWnbIB3KQ-pFhY4Q0-Ym7lFWLlB7