Empowering youth and adults to reimagine and transform education together

OUR WORK AT UP FOR LEARNING

UP for Learning helps educational institutions across the country fully engage youth in their own learning and in reimagining and transforming education. We utilize research-based models that reshape the student-teacher relationship to one of shared ownership and shared responsibility. UP offers facilitation, strategies, tools, and ongoing coaching to ensure that learning is engaging for everyone and youth are fully empowered.

At UP for Learning, we believe we all must play our part in uprooting and rebuilding the systems behind inequities. For our part, we commit to continuing our work to become an inclusive, anti-racist organization and community. We commit to continuing to listen, change and grow.

WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT UP?

UP for Learning by the Numbers

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ABOUT US

Empowering youth and adults to reimagine and transform education together. Our fundamental value is to seek equity and justice.

Now into our second decade, UP for Learning grew from a demonstration project of the importance of youth voice in school reform into what it is today.

Just as student-centered learning requires a partnership between youth and adults, building public understanding for change must be built upon this same fundamental partnership between the two largest stakeholder groups in education.

UPCOMING EVENTS

LATEST NEWS

TRAILBLAZERS is a student-driven e-magazine about the Education Transformation Movement. As of 2021, Trailblazers has partnered with the Vermont based non-profit UP for Learning in order to continue to grow and develop as an organization.

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Empowering youth and adults to reimagine and transform education together

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Happy Birthday, Lindsey! Yesterday was our Executive Director Lindsey Halman’s birthday, and today we celebrated in style, with hats, cows, and appreciations. Thank you Lindsey, for all the care and passion you bring to UP for Learning every day! See MoreSee Less
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These youth! A team of five 8th graders presented today at the Vermont Association of Middle Level Educators(VAMLE) Conference at Champlain College. They ran two sessions focused on non-violent communication strategies, particularly the effectiveness of using “I” statements during conflict. They did a great job of providing community building activities for the youth and adult attendees, modeling scenarios (and inviting attendees to take part!) and running circles to debrief the activity. We are so proud of how they represented their restorative practice work, and Hunt Middle School! See MoreSee Less
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The @lsuuvt Portrait of a Graduate team has traveled to CA to attend an Innovative Schools Learning Excursion at Mission Vista High School . The youth-adult team is able to witness how genuine community engagement—as practiced by Vista Unified School District —both reflects and can lead to genuine transformation of schools, learning, and outcomes for students. We are very grateful for this opportunity to learn from others and shape our own vision for transformed learning. Thank you Next Gen Learning Challenges and the Barr Foundation for this opportunity! See MoreSee Less
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UP and Lamoille South Portrait of a Graduate team take a Learning Excursion to Mission Vista High School in CA! #transformeducation #reimagineeducation #youthadultpartnership #amplifyyouthvoice #stuvoice https://conta.cc/3FBcrx3
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