For Administrators
Our tools can be implemented across an entire school or district to elevate student voice, foster belonging, and prepare students to thrive in a rapidly changing society.
Prepare Students for a Complex World
With technology's rapid evolution, the future is increasingly unpredictable. Students need the skills to consider and deliberate about challenging issues and work effectively in diverse settings. Today's students are hungry for this learning.
According to a 2021 Morning Consult survey, 95% of teens think it's important for schools to teach them skills to become independent thinkers and 93% of teens believe schools should prepare them to interact with others. Our evidence-based educational tools and strategies are designed to do just that.
Our Solutions
Online Learning
Our evidence-based online learning program equips students with the mindset and skill set for constructive dialogue.
Live Trainings
We offer professional development for teachers to gain skills to facilitate constructive dialogue.
Analytics
Our robust analytics provide you with insights into your school or district culture and enable you to track progress over time.
Online Learning
Our evidence-based online learning program, Perspectives, explores the inner workings of the mind and the psychological roots of our ideological differences.
The program provides students with insights to better understand themselves and others, and it equips them with skills to engage in constructive dialogue across differences. Each 30-minute lesson is adaptive, tailoring itself to meet students where they are.
In this lesson, students:
Learn about the two systems in our minds: automatic and controlled thinking.
Discover common cognitive biases that affect our reasoning, and how this leads people to interpret the same information differently.
Gain a practical technique to challenge their cognitive biases and gain more control over their thinking.
Professional Development
Our professional development for high school teachers provides practical strategies to foster and facilitate constructive dialogue in the classroom. These interactive workshops offer educators hands-on experience with essential practices, routines, and skills designed to elevate student voice, promote inclusion & belonging, and prepare students for democratic citizenship.
Analytics
Our robust analytics reports can help you diagnose challenges in your school or district climate and track improvement over time. We work with you to tailor our assessments to capture the metrics you care most about, whether it's inclusion & belonging, student voice, or civic engagement.
Easy Implementation
Our tools can be implemented in a variety of ways across your school or district.
Civics/Social Studies
Incorporate our tools into civics and social studies courses to equip students with the skills to discuss complex historical and contemporary issues.
Student Advisory
Easily adapt our tools to a school or district's advisory program. Our modular approach gives advisory leaders flexibility to meet the needs of a range of curricula and initiatives.
Professional Development
We partner with school and district leaders to equip teachers with practical teaching strategies to foster and facilitate constructive dialogue with one another and within their classrooms.
Measurable Impact
Our research-backed solutions have a track record of creating meaningful impact across classrooms.
870+
Institutions
56%
of Learners Improved Communication Across Differences
65%
of Educations Recommend
What People Are Saying
Even though my students still have a lot of disagreements with each other, I have already noticed that they have been able to have constructive discussions with each other, and they are respectful in their disagreement!"
I've used the [Perspectives program] for the last four years with my 11th grade high school students. Not only do they appreciate the break from our traditional curriculum, but they really appreciate how [Perspectives] helps them to be more aware of their own beliefs and biases, to actively seek out diverse opinions, as well as how to best engage in disagreements."
Even as a strong proponent of public schools, I recognize that they often fail at teaching critical thinking skills in a way that students can apply outside of specific subject areas. The [Perspectives] platform fills in this gap quite well. The [Perspectives] platform, used properly, should be a high-school graduation requirement."
Even though my students still have a lot of disagreements with each other, I have already noticed that they have been able to have constructive discussions with each other, and they are respectful in their disagreement!"
I've used the [Perspectives program] for the last four years with my 11th grade high school students. Not only do they appreciate the break from our traditional curriculum, but they really appreciate how [Perspectives] helps them to be more aware of their own beliefs and biases, to actively seek out diverse opinions, as well as how to best engage in disagreements."
Even as a strong proponent of public schools, I recognize that they often fail at teaching critical thinking skills in a way that students can apply outside of specific subject areas. The [Perspectives] platform fills in this gap quite well. The [Perspectives] platform, used properly, should be a high-school graduation requirement."
Results of Our Work
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