Reports, Publications + Products
There is an urgent need for a fundamental narrative shift around the purpose of education. Schools are critical to preparing young people to live into their full humanity, which requires a focus on democracy, relationships and human thriving. Together with our partners, we pursue a multifaceted approach to collecting data and sharing stories of practices that support young people’s thriving and the transformation of learning systems.
Product
Award-winning Teen-led Podcast: Untextbooked
November 2020 Launch
History Co:Lab’s UnTextbooked is a podcast co-founded, produced, and hosted by young people to revolutionize history learning with intergenerational exchange and student-led storytelling.
Teens team up with distinguished historians, curators, and journalists to explore challenging topics together and co-create meaningful and memorable learning experiences that become podcast episodes.
UnTextbooked has more than 90,000 downloads across 100 countries and was nominated for an Ambie Award, the highest honor in podcasting, for Best History Podcast category.
Report
Educating for Our Common Purpose
April 2024
History Co:Lab with World Savvy, EuroClio and Rockefeller Brothers Fund
This report from a global convening on democracy education calls for a series of collaborative initiatives to center youth voice, change mindsets and create a new pedagogy and infrastructure of learning for the renewal of democracy.
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Report
Ecosystems for the Future of Learning
October 2023
Ed Reimagined and the History Co:Lab with Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
A review of how to embrace a systemic approach to advancing learner-centered education in integrated ecosystems.
Report
May 2024
Re-Imagining Migration
with the History Co:Lab
This report is written as an urgent call to action to focus the attention of school administrators and educators on building belonging for all students in a time of demographic change.

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