Centering Learners by Design

Our Vision

We envision education ecosystems where all learners know who they are, thrive in community and actively engage in the world as their best selves.

How

Do we get there?

Define whole-learner outcomes that take into account skills, habits, knowledge to thrive in a modern world.

Design meaningful learning experiences to achieve your desired outcomes.

Create enabling conditions and systems that support the desired outcomes and learning experiences.

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From whole-learner outcomes to the learning experiences that support them to the enabling conditions for success.

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Building Brighter Futures Together: Insights from the SoCal LiNK Regional Partnership
A fresh model of collaboration is emerging in Southern California; one that unites K–12 education, higher education institutions, and local communities with a shared focus on supporting the whole learner.  SoCal LiNK, Southern California Learning in Networked Knowledge, is a research-practice partnership between the Department of Education Studies at UC San Diego, Learner-Centered Collaborative…
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What is the Purpose of School? A Call for Whole-Learner Outcomes.
What is the purpose of school? For the past four decades, the prevailing national answer—shaped largely by the 1983 report “A Nation at Risk” and documented by historian Patricia Graham—has been singular: Achievement. This focus helped usher in an era of standardization, compliance, and testing. It was designed to respond to global economic anxieties…
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A Learner-Centered Ecosystem
It’s time for a shift from the school-centered education system—where efficiency, standardization, compliance, ranking, sorting, and task completion are top priorities—to a learner-centered paradigm, where we focus on supporting each learner to know who they are, thrive in community, and actively engaged in the world as their best selves. “A Learner-Centered Ecosystem” dives deep…

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