America has seen remarkable disruption in education this year, and we’ve also seen an encouraging willingness among educators to embrace new ways of teaching and learning.
On October 13, educators from 16 regions across the U.S. will launch a year-long campaign and unveil plans for the upcoming Remake Learning Days Across America, a celebration of learning innovation now in its fifth year. They will also share details about the newly released Learning Forerunners Across America report, which details system-wide, impactful and scalable learning innovations from these 16 cities, regions and states.
The internationally renowned organization HundrED, in partnership with Remake Learning and The Grable Foundation, has released this new report. Building upon the success of their previous partnership, which began in 2019 with the release of the Spotlight on Pittsburgh, the new report (announced last summer) focuses on one system-level best practice from each
region that can foster innovation at scale.
“There may not be another moment in our lifetimes when educators are thinking as boldly about what education and learning might be than right now. We should embrace these innovations as signals about what’s possible,” said Gregg Behr, executive director of the Grable Foundation and co-chair of Remake Learning. “And if we introduce these possibilities to parents, and we genuinely involve families as learning allies alongside our students and teachers, then we just might actually remake learning for years to come. That’s what is so electrifying about what’s happening right here in Pittsburgh and throughout the 16 Remake Learning Days regions.”
The unveiling on October 13 will include information about each innovation and a preview of upcoming Remake Learning Days Across America events (expected to number as many as 1,000, once the full festival lineup is announced). Attendees will also see performances by Funky Fly Project and a live maker activity by Ana Diaz-Young, a junior at Washington International School in the Washington, D.C., region. Many special guests will join the event, including choreographer Maria Torres; 9th U.S. youth observer to the United Nations Dustin Liu; and Emily Dawn Calandrelli, host of the Netflix show “Emily’s Wonder Lab.” The lead organizations of each region’s Remake Learning Days festival, along with national partners PBS KIDS and Digital Promise, will also share why family-engaged learning is critical. Remake Learning Days Across America Producer Dorie Taylor hopes that “parents, caregivers and educators across all communities will be inspired by the learning kids are doing alongside their caring adults and think about what they hope to see in their own communities.”
The work being highlighted on October 13 “reminds us that for all of our advances and technological marvels, it’s relationships that nurture children’s wonder,” Behr says. “And perhaps most importantly for the world’s learners, each innovation points the way toward
large-scale change — toward a better future that’s within our collective grasp.”
Chris Petrie, head of research at HundrED, hopes that the innovations featured in the report “not only invigorate but galvanize action, perhaps even to adopt and adapt some innovations to your context. We envision that learning in this way will help further our mission at HundrED to help every child flourish in life, no matter what happens.”
Families and educators can register for the kickoff event, happening October 13 at 7-8 p.m. ET/4-5 p.m. PT, right here. And it will be available on YouTube after the event.
Remake Learning Days Across America is generously funded by The Grable Foundation, Schmidt Futures, Carnegie Corporation of New York, William-Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
Remake Learning Days Across America regional festivals will happen in spring 2021 in the 16 regions on these dates:
East Kentucky: April 22-May 2, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: SOAR
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: Re-envisioning Community Spaces
Triangle region of North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill): April 22-May 2, 2021
Regional Lead Organizations: Triangle Learning Network and Museum of Life + Science
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: Bringing real science into the classroom
Badgerland (Southern Wisconsin): April 22-May 15, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: We Think Big, Inc.
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: LRNG:Badgerland
San Diego County: April 22-May 23, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: San Diego County Office of Education and The Jacobs Institute at University of San Diego
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: Pactful
Kansas City: May 1-10, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: KC STEM Alliance
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: Senior Capstone Innovation Experience
Knoxville: May 5-15, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: Tennessee College of Applied Technology – Knoxville
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: Building a path between “high school” and “hired”
Southeastern Pennsylvania: May 6-16, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: PA SEED Ecosystem
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: Building environmental literacy through nature-based STEM learning
Central Pennsylvania: May 6-16, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: ENGINE of Central PA
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: Connecting STEM research and practices to K-12 environments
Southwestern Pennsylvania: May 6-16, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: Remake Learning
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: The Fred Method
West Virginia: May 6-16, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: West Virginia Public Education Collaborative
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: Simulated Workplace
Chattanooga: May 6-15, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: Public Education Foundation
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: Teacherpreneur
Oregon: May 8-16, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: STEM Oregon
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: STEM Hubs
DMV (DC-Maryland-Virginia): May 8-22, 2021
Regional Lead Organizations: KID Museum and Washington International School
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: Children Are Citizens
Chi (greater Chicago region): May 13-16, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: Chicago Learning Exchange
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: From conventional learning to connected learning
Greater Cincinnati: May 15-17, 2021
Regional Lead Organizations: KnowledgeWorks and The Catalytic Fund
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: Leveraging strategic foresight to guide today’s education systems
Northeast Ohio: May 15-17, 2021
Regional Lead Organization: NEOSTEM Ecosystem
HundrED Learning Across America innovation: Empowering students to design active earning experiences