The Why
This transformative project will help our community develop a shared understanding of the Urban Education Change Equation (TUECE) vision, mission, goals, and action items. The research will inform key student-centered action items steeped in social entrepreneurship.
TUECE has been created to design school experiences that are memorable, meaningful, and that positively impact each student’s knowledge, understandings,aspirations, skills, attitudes and behaviors.
With urgency and intentionality, we will help schools create spaces that foster critical and creative thinking, as well as collaborative learning, teaching, and leadership.
Critical and creative thinking in schools empowers students to not only understand the world around them but also to envision and create the future they desire. It encourages them to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and innovate, laying the foundation for lifelong learning and meaningful engagement in their communities.
TUECE is not confined to past notions of social transmission. We are passionate about fostering critical and creative thinking that leads to social transformation.
The Research Questions
- What do we mean when we say, “urban education reform?”
- What do we know about urban education reform? How?
- What does the evidence suggest is working in urban education? Why?
- What does the evidence suggest is not working in urban education reform? Why?
- What change needs to happen? Why and how?
From January to the end of July 2026, we will use the following qualitative and quantitative methods to make meaning around the Five Questions:
- Structured interviews
- Unstructured interviews
- Surveys
- Questionnaires
- Videos
- Focus groups
- Case studies
- Reports
Students, teachers, administrators, family and community partners quantitative methods are welcome to engage in this task. If you are interested, please sign up using the form below by January 30, 2026.
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