Discover videos from Ashoka's 'Empathy 101' Video Series -- where leading innovators and educators explain (in two minutes or less) how to cultivate empathy.
Education students at the University of Wyoming get their hands-on training as future teachers at the UW Lab School, which just celebrated their 125th anniversary. Their mission is to create a positive learning community that will recognize, foster, and assess continuous improvement toward high...
John Stanford International School develops global citizens that take action to change the world. JSIS’s vision is to create a culturally diverse community of life-long learners who demonstrate advanced skills in communication, international language and technology -- and whose performance...
Momentous Institute is a private school, but 80% of its students are on free or reduced lunch and pay tuition on a sliding scale. Some of the Momentous Institute’s innovative practices include home visits before school starts, a monthly home-visiting program for children in the PK-3 class and a...
Located in the San Francisco East Bay Area, Golestan Education is an independent international school with a Persian Language Immersion Preschool and a Multilingual International Elementary School (K-5). Golestan is an IB candidate school and serves a total of over 100 students in its morning and...
What if educators could raise children with a clearer vision about change from the start? This inspired Khalsa Montessori School from its inception in 1976 and continues to drive their mission today. Khalsa Montessori School works at building a beautiful environment to encourage a sense of...
Malcolm X. Elementary School is a diverse school that builds community among its students through the arts. Each grade level performs for their peers every year, covering topics like anti-bullying, family diversity, struggles for civil rights, and self-esteem. The school believes that parents...
Kyrene de los Cerritos Leadership Academy has a vision to prepare all students to meet educational and life challenges in order to make positive contributions to society. The school seeks to inspire and engage its diverse community of students, staff, families and citizens to ensure continuous...
Lighthouse Community Charter School’s mission is to prepare students for a college and career of their choice. Lighthouse is committed to ensuring students are growing and developing as compassionate human beings, able to communicate across all lines, be upstanders in the face of injustice, see the...
At Hyde-Addison Elementary School, students feel that they have the freedom to try new things, and teachers are empowered to design and implement new ideas in teaching social and emotional skills. The school has developed a strong commitment to social justice and progressive education, and has...