this is us.
Enduring Ideas is powered by the Reinvention Lab of Teach For America.
The Reinvention Lab, founded in 2019, is an exploratory space within Teach For America where we think about the future of learning and the future of the organization. Together with young people, parents and caregivers, leaders and educators both in and outside of Teach For America, we pursue equitable innovation and system-level transformation.
For us, equity means we value and affirm Black, Brown and Indigenous lives. It means learners of all ages and identities can bring their whole selves to learning, free from oppressive forces like racism and classism. Equity means holding up a mirror to ourselves and our systems to confront history and harm and advocating for change, including and especially at Teach For America. When it comes to equity, we have to talk about it and be about it.
Innovation means going against the grain. What most people have in mind when they think of “education”— that’s what we want to break away from. Innovation thinks radically, and it cannot happen without equity. If it’s not equitable, it simply isn’t innovative.
We are also learners. We are both expanded and limited by our perspectives, our personal and professional communities and networks, and our place in time and history. We welcome productive discontent and we grow.
The Reinvention Lab, founded in 2019, is an exploratory space within Teach For America where we think about the future of learning and the future of the organization. Together with young people, parents and caregivers, leaders and educators both in and outside of Teach For America, we pursue equitable innovation and system-level transformation.
For us, equity means we value and affirm Black, Brown and Indigenous lives. It means learners of all ages and identities can bring their whole selves to learning, free from oppressive forces like racism and classism. Equity means holding up a mirror to ourselves and our systems to confront history and harm and advocating for change, including and especially at Teach For America. When it comes to equity, we have to talk about it and be about it.
Innovation means going against the grain. What most people have in mind when they think of “education”— that’s what we want to break away from. Innovation thinks radically, and it cannot happen without equity. If it’s not equitable, it simply isn’t innovative.
We are also learners. We are both expanded and limited by our perspectives, our personal and professional communities and networks, and our place in time and history. We welcome productive discontent and we grow.
Transforming ourselves to radically transform learning
the motto of the Lab, inspired by Grace Lee Boggs
guiding beliefs
your wisdom is a cherishedWe respect and protect your intellectual property. Our non-appropriation policy means we will always credit you for your idea. |
rooted in equity + communityWe believe true learning "innovation" comes from communities and creates more a more equitable and just world. |
acknowledge
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