Harvard Change Model

The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive – Ulcca Joshi Hansen

Driving with the Brakes On: Why Are We Trying to Do Liberatory Practices within and Authoritarian Paradigm – Jal Mehta, Harvard University 

K–12 value networks: The hidden forces that help or hinder learner-centered education – Thomas Arnett, Christensen Institute with Education Reimagined

• The hidden forces that hinder learner-centered education…and how the youth fields can help* 
• From School System to Learning Ecosystem* 
• From School System to Learning Ecosystem Part 2* 
• From School System to Learning Ecosystem Part 3 

Populace Insights: Purpose of Education Index – General Public and Parents Private Opinion Survey

Beacon Research National Survey of Parents for the Walton Family Foundation – Parent Survey

Can learning ecosystems work for all learners? (Part 2) – Thomas Arnett, Christensen Institute

Portrait of a Graduate Initiative Panorama Education

Science of Learning & Development Alliance – Guiding Principles for Whole Child Design – Design Principles for Schools & Design Principles for Community Settings

• The science behind the Elephant in the Classroom – Discusses the SoLD Alliance design principles (the blue wheel)* 

Some Assembly Required: How a More Flexible Learning Ecosystem Can Better Serve All Kids and Unlock Innovation – Bellwether (Squire and Spurrier, Beta by Bellwether)

• Some Assembly Required *

Learning Heroes Out-of-School-Time Programs This Summer | Paving the Way for Children to Find Passion, Purpose & Voice – Parents, Teachers, OST Provider Survey

• Pittman & Darling-Hammond: Surveys Find Parents Want Bold Changes in Schools — With More Learning Inside and Outside the Classroom  – In the 74 *

Crisis Breeds Innovation: Pandemic Pods and the Future of Education – CRPE Parents Survey

Homeschooling in the time of COVID – Mosaic Survey

Foundations for Young Adult Success: A Developmental Framework – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research Infographic

• Using student surveys to cultivate better learning environments – Builds upon UCCSR’s foundations work *

Finding Out What Matters for Youth: Testing Key Links in a Community Action Framework for Youth Development – Gambone, Klem & Connell, Youth Development Strategies Inc.

• Productive, Healthy, and Connected: Youth Success Requires Community Action –Discusses the Community Action Framework for Youth Development* 

Definition of Positive Youth Development – Federal Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs

Community Programs to Promote Youth Development – The National Academies Press

Current Research on Developmental Assets – Search Institute

Student Performance Framework and Competencies – XQ Institute (xqsuperschool.org)

Key Developmental Needs of Adolescents – Center for the Developing Adolescent

Pathways to the Middle Class: Balancing Personal and Public Responsibilities – Social Genome Project

Youth Acts, Community Impacts: Stories of Youth Engagement – The Forum for Youth Investment/Spark Action