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This article provides a visualization of the cycle from vision-setting, to teaching and learning, to measurement and programmatic improvement, which then goes back to inform vision setting.

This video from 2016 shows how Morgan Dixon, a Teach For America alumna, is fostering self-care and collective action toward building a grass-roots health movement in African-American communities in the U.S.

In this article from 2019, Steven Farr shares two experiences: a dinner with a Navajo family describing their love for a school he found wanting and a classroom visit with a Navajo teacher who challenges his suggesting that her students be prepared f...

This article by Rebecca Alber explores the concept of backward planning in education, emphasizing the importance of thinking ahead to improve instructional design and student learning outcomes.

In our attempt to capture the real spirit of the classrooms we have studied in TACL, we have sometimes intentionally used words and phrases in a slightly unusual way. We invite you to learn more about our language choices by exploring this Glossary.

In this reflective exercise, we explore the benefits and costs of both ends of a spectrum related to the lens of Students as Leaders.

In this reflective exercise, we reflect on where we are on a full spectrum of perspectives related to the lens of Community as Power, and we consider what other “spectra” of perspectives are related to this lens.

This video from 2013 portrays how we can't effectively work to empower young people without building relationships with them first. Watch this video to learn from former youth worker Susie Gray's approach to building relationships with students.

Explore articles by Juliana Ewing, a veteran high school science teacher of 30 years who has taught across the US.