Tag: changemaker hubs

Local media outlet KIMT 3 featured World Savvy’s Changemaker Hub in Rochester, Minnesota on November 19, 2024. In partnership with the Southeast Service Cooperative, this day-long learning experience brought together over 100 students, educators, school leaders, and community members from six school districts. Students and adults alike reflected on their school experiences across generations and brainstormed ideas for reimagining the future of education.

This event was part of a series of Changemaker Hubs funded by New Pluralists to encourage diverse voices in education.

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Local media outlet WNEM 5 covered World Savvy’s Changemaker Hub in Saginaw, Michigan on April 30, 2024. In partnership with Saginaw ISD, the Changemaker Hub brought together nearly 140 students, educators, school leaders, and community members from eight districts in the county. In this day-long learning experience, participants collaboratively reflected and ideated on how to build inclusive school environments that allow ALL students to thrive–in school, and as adults in the future. 

“We’re here with other educators and people from our community and we’re discussing things that we want to see changed, and they’re listening to us, they’re taking notes, they’re engaging. They seem to be very understanding. It makes me feel like I’m seen and the other people who are sharing are seen as well and hopefully that changes are to come,” shared one student.

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About World Savvy

World Savvy is an organization that partners with schools and districts to reimagine education and create more inclusive, student-centered, and future-ready learning communities. We are continuing to expand our work across the country. Connect us with a school or learn more about our school partnership opportunities.

World Savvy CEO and Co-founder Dana Mortensen and Superintendent Jeffrey Collier were interviewed by a local Michigan media outlet at our Changemaker Hub on April 30, 2024. Held in partnership with Saginaw ISD, this World Savvy design-thinking experience brought together nearly 140 students, educators, school leaders, and community members from multiple school districts. Collaboratively, they reflected on their learning and explored ideas to build inclusive school environments that allow ALL students to thrive–in school, and as adults in the future. 

Watch the news segment here.

About World Savvy

World Savvy is an organization that partners with schools and districts to reimagine education and create more inclusive, student-centered, and future-ready learning communities. We are continuing to expand our work across the country. Connect us with a school or learn more about our school partnership opportunities.

The Lorain County Chronicle-Telegram spotlighted World Savvy’s Changemaker Hub hosted at Lorain County Community College in Ohio on February 22, 2024. The day-long design thinking experience was attended by approximately 120 students and 15 educators from area schools, including Avon, Elyria, North Ridgeville, and Lorain. Together, they reimagined the future of learning and centered student voices to understand their perspective on how to better the educational experience.

“Southview eighth grader Josiah Dolores Laboy wants to see more people taking education seriously, saying that school is a place for not just learning but also having fun.”

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About World Savvy

World Savvy is an organization that partners with schools and districts to reimagine education and create more inclusive, student-centered, and future-ready learning communities. We are continuing to expand our work across the country. Connect us with a school or learn more about our school partnership opportunities.