BURLINGTON, VERMONT-UP for Learning was honored to host the third International Seminar on Amplifying Student Voice and Partnership on June 26-28, 2018. Over 60 invited participants gathered at UVM, to explore their common belief that elevating the role of young people in their learning and in the school redesign process is essential to the future...
On Tuesday, May 1, 2018, youth-adult partnership teams from 21 Vermont high schools and organizations descended upon the Lake Morey Inn in Fairlee to share their power at the Power 2 Summit. Power 2 is short for Power-Squared, acknowledging the synergistic force for change that happens when youth partner with adults to bring about innovations...
On a Wednesday in late April, 150 youth and adults from around the country were flown to Facebook Corporate headquarters in Palo Alto California for the Youth Activation Summit. Helen Beattie (UP for Learning Executive Director), Aidan Lodge (Peoples Academy student and Communicating School Redesign participant) and Phil Grant (Peoples Academy principal) were invited as...
Alison Cook-Sather from Bryn Mawr College and Helen Beattie discuss strengthening student voice work through “linking across the lines” in the latest edition of the International Journal of Student Voice.
Helen Beattie and Martha Rich discuss Youth-Adult Partnerships; the Keystone to Transformation in this month’s Education Reimagined Pioneering online Voices from the Field publication.
Read Executive Director Helen Beattie’s reflection on UP for Learning’s first decade, and her hopes for the future in the inaugural blog post.
