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What Happened to Reading for Fun? And What Can We Do About It?

You know you’ve got a problem when you’re afraid to check your screen time. Over the past year and a half, I’ve started dreading my weekly average report every Sunday, as the hours I spent on my phone each day steadily climbed with every month in lockdown.

Kristiana Filipov

Student Agency, Identity & Experiences

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Redefining Failure to Embrace Student Learning

This XQ school takes a bold approach and delivers a curriculum and school experience that’ll help students embrace failure as a part of real-world problem solving.

Katie Navarra Writer

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5 Resources for Back to School Preparation

Starting the Year With Students at the Center.

Hana Beach Editorial Associate, XQ Institute

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The Community is the Classroom – Now What?

This school makes the community the classroom, but that is more than just a sentiment. Learn just how this XQ school involves the entire community in rethinking high school.

Hana Beach Editorial Associate, XQ Institute

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Project-Based Learning is Rooted in Community at this Santa Ana High School

Curriculum and community go hand in hand at Círculos—an XQ school in Santa Ana, California.

Andrew Bauld

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Break Down Classroom Walls to Build Up Student Competencies

Learning can take place at any time and in any location. Check out how this XQ school made out-of-classroom learning experiences meaningful.

Mary Ryerse Managing Director for School Success, XQ Institute

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The First Graduates of this Brooklyn High School Prove that Perseverance Pays Off

Brooklyn Laboratory High School opened with family and parent insight at the core. This year they graduate a truly exceptional class of changemakers.

Hana Beach Editorial Associate, XQ Institute

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#XQMISTYCHALLENGE: Featuring the student winners of the XQ Dance Challenge ft. Misty Copeland

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#ARTIVISM: These Students Won the XQ Art + Activism Challenge ft. BMike

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Why You Should Celebrate Black Joy on Juneteenth and Every Day

Black joy is an act of resistance against systems of oppression. Here's why celebrating Black joy is important – especially during Juneteenth.

Ann-Katherine Kimble Curriculum Writer and Designer at XQ

School Year Cycle

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How Youth Climate Activist Jerome Foster II Became the Voice for One Million Young People

XQ schools empower students not only to dream of the future, but gives them the tools to make those dreams a reality. Learn more about how Jerome Foster II became the voice for one million young people.

Hana Beach Editorial Associate, XQ Institute

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#Artivism: The Power of Art in Raising Student Activists

Creativity and imagination are central to lifelong learning. Learn more about how cultivating imagination can empower students to create a better future.

What Happened to Reading for Fun? And What Can We Do About It?

Redefining Failure to Embrace Student Learning

5 Resources for Back to School Preparation

The Community is the Classroom – Now What?

Project-Based Learning is Rooted in Community at this Santa Ana High School

Break Down Classroom Walls to Build Up Student Competencies

The First Graduates of this Brooklyn High School Prove that Perseverance Pays Off

#XQMISTYCHALLENGE: Featuring the student winners of the XQ Dance Challenge ft. Misty Copeland

#ARTIVISM: These Students Won the XQ Art + Activism Challenge ft. BMike

Why You Should Celebrate Black Joy on Juneteenth and Every Day

How Youth Climate Activist Jerome Foster II Became the Voice for One Million Young People

#Artivism: The Power of Art in Raising Student Activists

Belonging and its critical impact on student mental health

These Students Won the XQ #MakeASongChallenge

Submissions from XQ’s #MakeASongChallenge Reveal What Matters Most to Students Today

Upbeat Academy: Music Education that Transforms Lives

5 Resources for Amplifying Student Voices and Experiences

COVID-19, Teen Stress, and How Educators Can Support Stress Management Today

Lucid Dreaming: Planning for a Better Future in a School Crisis

10 Social Emotional Learning Tips for Educators in Distance Learning

Teen Activists on Elections, Civic Life, and Grassroots Organizing

Equitable Teaching Strategies: Asset Framing in Practice

These High School Students are Learning Through Filmmaking

Renée Fleming

Michelle Morales

Student Performs Powerful Spoken Word Poem About Graduation and Life

How to Find Your Identity: Workshop and Framework with Ashanti Branch

This Student Went Through the Foster System. Now She’s Graduating.| XQ Students

World Teacher Day: Students Surprise Teachers With Messages

This Student Started a Project to Bring Her Community Together | XQ Students

Mini Shark Tank: Middle School Female Entrepreneurs Pitch Business Ideas

Supporting Students Share Words of Motivation for Teachers During COVID-19 Pandemic

This Student is Learning Computer Science in High School | XQ Students

Explore Your Identity with Ashanti Branch (Lesson 2: Who Are You Listening To?)

Explore Your Identity with Ashanti Branch (Lesson 1: Who Are You?)

What Is a Restorative Justice Listening Circle and How to Use It

Meet the Student Activists Leading the Country’s Protests for #BlackLivesMatter

Taking Up Space as a Black Woman Is a Revolutionary Act

How to Host a Virtual High School Graduation Ceremony

5 Resources to Empower Youth Voice and Choice

These “Tutor Teens” Launched a Business to Help Younger Students and Families Learn Remotely

Student Voice: We Have an Opportunity to Re-imagine Our Future

Celebrate Your Everyday Heroes on Teacher Appreciation Day

5 Ways for Students to Share Their Voice

Student Poetry to Promote Youth Voice and Choice

Hope Thrives From This High School’s Community Garden

Social Emotional Learning & Why It Matters in the Wake of COVID-19

Looking for a Reading List During Quarantine? Join the Conversation

Student Shares All: How to Support Students With Disabilities

Student Voice: Racism against Asian Americans in the Wake of COVID-19

Life After School Closures: High School Students Speak Out

How Coronavirus is Impacting Me as a High School Senior

Helping Your Teen Get the Most out of High School

Students Share What It’s Like to Learn in an Innovative High School

How a class of young writers explored climate change through storytelling

It’s Been One Year Since I Led a Student Gun Protest. Are Things Better Now?

Books Inspiring Educators on National Author’s Day

13 teacher tips for building student voice and agency

4 Students Describe Struggles Many Latinx Students Face

8 Young Activists You Need to Hear From Today

My Story as a Latinx High School Student

7 years later, I help others learn to love themselves

What is Latinx? Tracing Its History and Defining Its Meaning

Everyday Hero: What you’re going through now does not define you

How to Write a Letter to the School Board

Making an impact: From homeless high school valedictorian to Georgetown University grad

Four Books Your Students Will Love

Hard Work, Meet the DIY Girls: The story of an all-girl engineering team

Celebrating women’s equality from the computer lab

Everyday Hero: The Purpose of the Paint – Running for Women Without a Voice

10 Reasons Why Teachers Should Tell Their Stories

Taking it to the streets in Cedar Rapids

What do students want? Ask them.

Do not underestimate an immigrant

The Future Of Coastal Preservation Is In The Hands Of High Schoolers

How a hot-dog stand is changing young people’s lives in Alabama

7 Quotes From March For Our Lives On The Power of Youth Voice

Want to create a more inclusive school? Give students a voice

Students are encouraged to fail in this brilliant business program for kids.

How Bartleby Changed The Way I See My Own Education