Winooski School District’s Antiracism Steering Committee Reflects & Celebrates Successes for 2021-2022

The Winooski Antiracism Steering Committee (ARSC) came together during one of the last weeks of the school year to share and celebrate the many accomplishments of the Action Teams tasked […]
LNSU Equity Core Planning Team Holds Final Meeting of the School Year

“We amplify voices that fight to be heard elsewhere.” This line, from author and activist Micky ScottBey Jones’ poem “An Invitation to […]
Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability Celebration for 2021-2022 Teams

What a fun, moving, and inspiring morning! Youth and adult teams from around Vermont, the country, and the world met virtually on Friday, May 13th to share stories of all […]
Youth and Adults at Monument Mountain Find New Ways to Communicate and Work Together

UP for Learning has been working with Monument Mountain Regional School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on a three-year initiative to build and strengthen a culture of youth voice and youth/adult […]
Hunt Middle School’s Restorative Practices Youth-Adult Team

The youth and adult team at Hunt Middle School have been engaged in incredible work as a team focused on restorative practices. At their most recent retreat, they began the […]
Cherokee Nation Pilots Getting to ‘Y’

With the support of the Cherokee Nation Public Health Department, students in Oklahoma’s Tahlequah High School are participating in UP for Learning’s Getting to ‘Y’ program. Seven members of the […]
Milton High School Youth-Adult Team Reviews Draft of School Equity Policy

Youth and adults on the Milton High School Equity Team took part in the crafting of the school’s new equity policy. Director of Equity and Student Support Systems Wilmer Chavarria […]
Winooski School District Restorative Practices Team Researches Safety and Belonging

During the 2020-2021 school year, UP for Learning partnered with Spectrum Youth and Family Services and the Winooski School District to explore the foundation of restorative practices and understand how […]
Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability: UP’s Youth Facilitators Share Their Experience

Four UP for Learning Youth Facilitators shared stories from the Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability program during this past school year, when their partnerships took place in fully virtual settings. In […]