design thinking

Equity & Access

Designing at the Margins

At 4.0, designing at the margins means engaging founders in how identity intersects with equity and centering the unique needs of the community they wish to serve.

Ed Policy

It’s Time To Reimagine the K-12 Content Map

By: Antonia Rudenstine. What if the purpose of school were not assimilation, or social reproduction, but liberation? In the spirit of centering the lived experiences, identities, and needs of young people, reDesign is convening 250 content experts across 25 disciplines, with diverse backgrounds, funds of knowledge, perspectives, and geolocations to redefine the “canon” of K-12 content. 

Learning Design

Building Trust through Design Thinking

By: Sabba Quidwai and Devin Vodicka. Recent research by Dr. Quidwai found a critical connection between relational trust, collaboration, and the development of mindsets and skillsets when engaging in design thinking.

Learning Design

Climate at the Apex of Education Re-Design

By: Matt Piercy. Readers are introduced to the Interconnectedness of COVID-19 and equity, but also how climate change should be an integral part of the conversation when redesigning education.

Competency-Based Education

Mastery Learning in Action

Mastery Learning in Action, a paper recently published by the Mastery Transcript Consortium, offers a comparative structure based on visits and interview from five of its member schools.