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PRSSA Long Beach gives students something to show for it
A banned-book game. A student-run agency. A published byline. At Cal State Long Beach, a public relations chapter gives career preparation a tangible form.
David Lipkin Is Building a Report Card for What Students Can Actually Do
The musician, former clinician, and Vermont founder behind LiFT Learning has spent a decade turning student agency from a hopeful slogan into the daily machinery of school.
The Vermont couple who quit teaching to grade the thing school forgot to measure: skills
Two rural-Vermont teachers who married, raised three kids, and got tired of watching school reward compliance over ability built software that swaps letter grades for a portfolio of proof.
Sown To Grow
Sown To Grow is a K-12 platform that helps students set goals, reflect on their learning, and check in on how they're feeling - giving teachers and district leaders the real-time signal they need to support student well-being and academics through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS).
Rupa Gupta
Rupa Chandra Gupta is the cofounder and CEO of Sown To Grow, a K-12 edtech platform that puts students in charge of their own learning through goal-setting, progress tracking, and structured reflection. A former Bain consultant turned school administrator, she co-founded the company in 2015 after witnessing firsthand the gap in tools that gave students genuine ownership over their education. Sown To Grow has raised over $5M in venture funding and serves districts across the United States, with measurable outcomes including record-breaking graduation rates in Stockton Unified School District.