Make an Impact

Across different grade levels, subject areas and special populations, when teachers participate in our Strategy-Based PLCs, their students show statistically significant growth on reading and math scores.

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Explore our Resources

Our research-based frameworks and resources provide structure for our collaborations, enabling them to be dynamic, impactful, and tailored to partner strengths and needs.

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Review Our 2023 Annual Report

In our inaugural year as Throughline Learning, we doubled down on strengthening the student learning experience as a catalyst for positive, sustainable change in schools.

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Go Local: Efforts Underway to Elevate the Paraprofessional Role

Go Local: Efforts Underway to Elevate the Paraprofessional Role “Why are we searching so far outside of school neighborhoods and not investing our time, money, and capacity into the people within our own communities?” This critical question was center stage last week as members of Throughline Learning (formerly Highlander Institute) and Baychester Middle School met…

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Understanding the Impact of Community Educators on Students’ Social Networks

Understanding the Impact of Community Educators on Students’ Social Networks One aim of Throughline Learning’s liberatory approach to data is to expand the set of metrics we use to define and measure success in education. Through our community educator work, we’re beginning to map student and adult networks to understand and grow their social capital.…

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Welcome to Throughline Learning!

Welcome to Throughline Learning! When the Highlander Institute team embarked on a yearlong rebranding process in summer 2022, we wanted a new name that embodied the complex and comprehensive nature of our work. As we reflected on our mission, vision, and values, the concept of a “throughline” emerged and resonated deeply with the way we…

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Helayne Jones Named Chair of the Throughline Learning Board

Helayne Jones Named Chair of the Throughline Learning Board January evokes thoughts of fresh starts, new chapters, and resolutions. At Throughline Learning, this month marks the transition of Helayne Jones into the role of Board Chair as we launch our very first independent governing board. We are thrilled to make this announcement. Helayne has been…

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Bringing a Collective Artistic Vision to Life

Bringing a Collective Artistic Vision to Life Part of what makes Throughline Learning collaborations so powerful is our unwavering commitment to the people we partner with. For Michaelle Larracuente, Throughline Learning’s Director of Program & Implementation, launching a project in January 2024 with Providence principal Cynthia Torres struck a deeply personal note. Raised in the…

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Our Book! Pathways to Personalization

Pathways to Personalization: A Framework for School Change by Shawn C. Rubin and Cathy Sanford  Pathways to Personalization offers an innovative five-step framework to help school leaders and teacher teams design and implement blended and personalized learning initiatives based on local needs and interests. The book draws on principles of improvement science and change management,…

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