Difference Making
Our challenges and opportunities are shared and it’s never been easier, or more important to make a difference.
From hundreds of school visits and thousands of conversations with students, parents, preachers, policy-makers and the like — making a difference has emerged as the most important way for us to transform learning experiences for young people and build a better future for all. We look forward to continuing to share these experiences with you through our blog and an upcoming book.
Values-Driven Learning in Hawai’i Helps Learners Find What They Are SEEQing
The School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability in Hawai’i connects learners with real-world problems and purpose.
Students Are Still Telling the Stories
Students At Cherokee High School are creating their own video packages to continue the Cherokee tradition of storytelling.
Small Wonders: Finding Everyday Moments of Awe
Author and Professor Dacher Keltner shares tips for how to find small moments of wonder in the day-to-day.
One Stone: Forging An Army of GoodÂ
Last month Teresa Poppen retired as the Executive Director and Ultimate Difference Maker at One Stone.
Laguna Beach High School Gets in the FLOW of Environmental Literacy
This chronicles one high school’s creative and innovative approach to addressing local environmental problems and establishing a school wide, cross-curricular approach.
Making Civic Learning Meaningful With And For Young People
Through iThrive's Game Design Studio teens were engaged as equals and experts in imagining and ideating alongside others in the civic education ecosystem.
Why Focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals in School Is Good for Students, Staff, Families, and the Broader Community
Coolidge High School in Washington, DC is using the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as the core of their Redesign journey with DC+XQ and focusing on Action Research, Global Experiences, and Wellness.
The Content Every High School Student Should Learn (But Doesn’t)
In many high schools, the traditional course sequence and graduation requirements remain stagnant. For future-ready students, we need to update these content areas..
Why Entrepreneurship Might Save Our Kids—and the Rest of Us.
To be human is to be entrepreneurial, and this innate entrepreneurialism should begin to be nurtured at the same time kids are learning to read and tie their shoes.
An Overlooked Pathway: Law and Civic Engagement
Law is an often overlooked civic pathway. Michelle Blanchet looks at programs implementing this pathway starting in high school.