EALA

Theme: Social Emotional Wellbeing and Climate

  • Centering Youth Voice in Education Webinar

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    The Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) takes an inside look at the Youth Action Project, a collaborative initiative dedicated to closing the gap in meaningful participation for disabled and neurodivergent youth. This webinar features leaders from three pilot sites: Social Optics, Transition Academy, and LiberatED.

  • School To Prison Pipeline

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    Missouri’s school discipline is inequitable. For years, the disproportionate discipline of students of color and students with disabilities has prevented these students from achieving their educational potential.

  • Youth Action Project Resources

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    Youth-led pilot projects demonstrate the power of community-connected learning to help students navigate their futures with confidence and purpose. Centering student voice and storytelling, these initiatives show how education can evolve when youth are trusted as change-makers and supported with care.

  • Youth Project Framework for Students with IDD and Autism

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    The Youth Project aims to empower students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and Autism by providing them with self-advocacy tools, identifying their learning styles, and exploring post-secondary pathways in college, entrepreneurship, vocational, and trade programs.

  • Helping Learners Thrive: Lessons From Youth Leaders

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    Through our Youth Action Project, we conducted interviews with five neurodivergent high school students to better understand their educational experiences and needs. We invite you to explore the lessons learned from these student voices and consider how you might create more opportunities for students to share their insights.

  • “If They Would Just Listen”: What Students Are Teaching Us About Belonging and Voice

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    The Educating All Learners Alliance’s 2024 Community of Action event funded two innovative projects aimed at improving educational outcomes for students with disabilities. One of the projects that received funding was the Youth Action Project which aimed to amplify student voice and agency.

  • Youth Action Project Curriculum

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    This six-lesson curriculum is designed to integrate social and emotional learning (SEL) research from multiple sources. Students learn to read and interpret sensory details in their environment, using that awareness to understand and navigate social interactions, practice empathy, and reduce interpersonal conflict through a growth mindset perspective.

  • Demonstration Classrooms

    Demonstration Classrooms

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    The Special Education Cooperative’s Demonstration Classrooms Report highlights a professional learning model that uses classroom demonstrations to share instructional practices. The report details how these classrooms were structured, what strategies were used, and how schools and educators applied lessons learned.

  • Reducing Seclusion in Minnesota Schools: A Community-Led Advocacy Success

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    This case study examines a specific challenge and success story in education advocacy: the defense of a critical policy in Minnesota aimed at reducing the use of seclusion in schools. We will explore how EdAllies, a Minnesota-based organization, mobilized a community-led coalition to protect a recently enacted ban on seclusion for young students, highlighting transferable…

  • Principal Navigator: Special Educator Retention

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    This resource is an interactive tool that helps school and district teams strengthen student and teacher retention. It provides research-based strategies, practical tools, and examples from schools to improve school culture, support staff, and engage families.