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KQED Learn – A Platform for Collaborative Investigations
Science teacher Mariana Garcia Serrato introduces KQED Learn, a new online platform that supports student...
Student Choice and Agency Let Superpowers Shine
Grass Valley Elementary’s maker ed program, supported by an LRNG Innovators Challenge grant, is letting...
Is it Working? Measuring Students’ Civic Learning
Resources for deeply and meaningfully assessing students' civic learning from Civic Engagement Research Group (CERG)...
Writing Our Civic Futures (April): Educating Youth for Online Civic...
April's Marginal Syllabus reading tackles online civic dialogue, conceptualizing five stages of opportunity for students...
Writing Our Future: American Creed has Launched!
The National Writing Project is thrilled to announce Writing Our Future: American Creed, a youth...
Student Passion Projects Push for Connections with Local Community and...
Social Innovation Leadership Sabbaticals, a 2017 LRNG Innovators Challenge grantee, provides the space and resources...
Writing Our Civic Futures (March): Mainstream Media, Pedagogies of Healing,...
March's conversation explores how Black youth use social media as counterspaces and how critical media...
Writing Our Future: American Creed, A New Youth Publishing Opportunity
Join the conversation sparked by the new PBS documentary AMERICAN CREED through the National Writing...
Why and How to Use YouTube Video Essays in Your...
In a world of nearly ubiquitous YouTube viewership, teaching video essays is not only a...
2018 Inventor’s Challenge Invites Youth Creativity and Problem-Solving
Do you know a budding young builder, maker or scientist? Encourage them to submit their...
Writing Our Civic Futures (February): Educating for Democracy in a...
This month, Writing Our Civic Futures explores research about the impact of media literacy education...
Get Ready for the State of the Union
Engage your students in dissecting and speaking back to the State of the Union Address...
10 Connected Learning Lesson Plans from the Remake Learning Network
Ten members of Remake Learning, a network of innovative educators and organizations in Pittsburgh, have...
Educating for Democracy: What We Can Do
In a challenging time for our democracy, how can we help students prepare for civic...
Writing Our Civic Futures (January): Defining Political Equality
In October, we launched Writing Our Civic Futures, a collaboration of the National Writing Project...
Writing Our Civic Futures (December): Bringing Students’ Lives to the...
Our December edition of Writing Our Civic Futures, our annotation collaboration with Marginal Syllabus, explores...
Teachers Are the Catalyst: John Legend Highlights LRNG Innovators in...
LRNG Innovators co-founder John Legend highlights the work of educator teams who are building the...
Youth Media Challenge Captures Stepping Up Stories
High school social studies teacher Peter Paccone shares how his students have "stepped up", and...
Writing Our Civic Futures (November): Reimagining Civic Participation
Last month we kicked off Writing Our Civic Futures, a collaboration of the National Writing...
#WhyIWrite: Join Us in Celebrating the National Day on Writing
October 20 is the National Day on Writing and we've put together some resources to...
KQED Youth Media Challenge: How Are You Stepping Up?
KQED and the Bay Area Video Coalition's Youth Media Challenge asks teens to create video,...
5 Secrets to Creating an Innovative After-school Program
Connected learning scholar Mimi Ito explores lessons learned from a successful long-distance collaboration to create...
Writing Our Civic Futures (October): Youth Voice and Participation
Our collaborative annotation project, Writing Our Civic Futures, is underway with a conversation about youth...
How Young Activists Deploy Digital Tools for Social Change
Middle Eastern and Muslim-American youth are creating new ways to use social media and other...