Developing the YOUTH in Youth-Adult Partnership

All of UP for Learning’s work depends on creating authentic partnerships between youth and adults. Adults bring a wealth of professional expertise to school redesign efforts, a systems-level perspective, and […]
UP for Learning Facilitates First Meeting of VT State Youth Council!

For Immediate Release: December 15, 2022 Vermont State Youth Council Holds Inaugural Meeting A unique opportunity for youth voice and leadership BURLINGTON, VT – A group of 28 newly appointed […]
Winooski School Kicks Off Year Three of Antiracist Action

Winooski School District has kicked off year three of their partnership with UP for Learning to help implement the demands put forward in the spring of 2020 by the Winooski […]
Colchester Youth Make Their Voices Heard

Youth from Colchester High School met on November 28th at Champlain College for an all-day action planning retreat! Four student groups—the Social Justice Alliance, We Matter (Mental Health Awareness), Student […]
Watch UP’s new video!

UP for Learning proudly shares a new 3-minute video that introduces youth-adult partnership and the transformational work we can do together. Thank you to the UP faculty and youth and […]
Greater Rutland County Schools – Back Together!

On Tuesday, September 27th, middle and high school youth and adult teams from Proctor HS, Poultney HS, Rutland Town School and West Rutland School came together to kick off another […]
Summer Racial Justice Academy Youth Deliver Capstone Presentations to Burlington School District Leadership

On July 19th, the forty-four middle and high school youth who participated in this year’s Summer Racial Justice Academy delivered their capstone presentations to the Burlington School District board, administrators, […]
UP Youth Facilitators Run Workshop at Summer Racial Justice Academy in Burlington School District

“Where on the continuum of youth-adult partnership, from seed to tree, would you place your school’s culture?” This was one of the key questions explored by the youth and educators […]
Newfound Regional High School Students Testify about the Importance of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Seven students involved in UP for Learning’s Getting to “Y” (GTY) program at Newfound Regional High School in Bristol, NH recorded testimony about their work examining the results of their […]
LNSU Equity Core Planning Team Holds Final Meeting of the School Year

“We amplify voices that fight to be heard elsewhere.” This line, from author and activist Micky ScottBey Jones’ poem “An Invitation to […]