Elevating and Empowering Student Voice
The Red Clay (DE) Student Voice Advisory model is dedicated to amplifying and empowering student voices within Red Clay schools, providing a mechanism for youth-adult partnership and student feedback loops […]
YPAR: Eagle Bay Academy
UP and Eagle will co-create retreats to accomplosh these goals: Lead a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) project that centers student voice and experience at Eagle Bay Academy Gather and […]
YPAR Project
The youth-adult team at Barnet School will work to build a middle school/whole-school culture where every student feels a strong sense of belonging, emotional safety, and well-being. Guided by the […]
Methuen Public School Kicks Off Year Two!
UP welcomed back five school teams from across Methuen (MA) Public Schools for year two of their Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MA DESE) funded Youth Participatory Action […]
Restorative Practices in the Rocky Mountains
The UP staff traveled from the Green Mountains to the Rocky Mountains to work with our first Colorado-based team at Mapleton Early Career Prep (MEC) in Thornton, CO. We spent […]
Centering Student Voice: Eagle Bay Academy’s YPAR Project
Eagle Bay Academy, a newly launched student-driven high school program within the Burlington School District, partnered with UP for Learning to implement a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) process designed […]
Three Years at First Branch Unified Union
The P2C2 team at First Branch Unified Union brought their multi-year project to a powerful conclusion this year, three years after the merger of their school districts. The district includes […]
Showcasing Methuen YPAR Projects
Over 100 students joined their adult advisors and state policymakers at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MA DESE) on May 9th to share and celebrate their work […]
Springfield MA YPAR
Springfield (MA) Public District will work with all schools on a Youth Participatory Action Research Project with a large youth-adult team. They will begin this work with a Leadership Retreat.
Final Retreat
Monument Mountain Regional HS will hold a retreat to assess the success of Student Adult Advisory Boards and next steps.