Powerful learning for educators. Every student succeeding. Equitable change for all.

What is the Institute for Learning?

The Institute for Learning (IFL) collaborates with educators and districts. We grow 
content knowledge. We foster learning opportunities. We believe that educators should have the power and resources to teach, and we 
believe that each and every student is capable of high achievement. We believe that every student should be engaged in cognitively-demanding tasks and learner-centered, talk-based instruction. We believe in equitable 
and sustainable change, and we build our partnerships on asset-based 
practices. We learn from students, educators, schools, and communities.

Foundational Practices

Professional Learning

Principles of Learning

Continuous Improvement

Content Focused Coaching

Instructional Leadership

Bridges to Learning

Research. Practice. Results.

Bridges to Learning, IFL’s weekly blog, connects educators with knowledge and research that shows every student can learn when provided cognitively challenging instructional opportunities and learning environments can flourish when collaboration is valued, voice is honored, and agency is realized.

Latest Post

Teaching

We Tried It and It WORKED: Stories from our partnering math teachers

March 19, 2024


The Institute for Learning works in collaboration with educators to use insights from educational research in their local contexts through the use of professional learning opportunities and materials. After all, it is educators who are doing the work in schools every day! Teachers try new pedagogical moves and get to witness the impact on student understanding and student agency in the classroom. Administrators support teachers and students by encouraging the implementation of research-based practices that lead to deep learning. Read about what teachers have tried recently and how administrators can foster environments of best practice.

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Dallas ISD Student + Teacher Design Collaborative on Race and Racism

This publication highlights the voices of Dallas Independent School District (ISD) middle and high school students and teachers who participated in the Dallas ISD Student + Teacher Design Collaborative on Race and Racism. Over a three-month period, teachers and students met to listen deeply to each others’ experiences with race and racism and develop classroom lessons about racial identity. The Collaborative was created as part of the Network for School Improvement, a partnership between Dallas ISD and the Institute for Learning.