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Designing Our Own Learning
DOOL brings students and teachers together. By amplifying the voices of those least heard within schools, DOOL fosters a more equitable experience in schools. With youth at the center, students and educators co-create the sort of inclusive, connected communities that are at the heart of healthy societies. One student shared, “I’ve changed during and after DOOL—I…
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2025 Designing Our Own Learning
DOOL-ing it at the 7th Summer Institute In 2025, our Designing Our Own Learning (DOOL) program has extended its transformative impact with our summer institute held at Talley High School. We now serve students and educators at 75% of the middle schools in the Renton School District – Dimmitt, McKnight, and Risdon! DOOL brings students…
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Designing Our Own Learning
“For a lot of the young people, it’s the first time they get to be in a space side by side with teachers—not about power over, but about sharing what they care about and what they want to see happen in their school.” Alan WongBELONG Partners Facilitator The BELONG Partners DOOL (Designing Our Own Learning)…
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Youth Inspire Educators to Share Power and Create Equitable Learning Environments
On October 8th a diverse crowd of educators filed into the Laser Dome at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center. However, none of them were there to see a laser show! They had all come to experience an immersive workshop designed and facilitated by youth from Sound Discipline’s DOOL program. DOOL (Designing Our Own Learning) is in its…
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Third Annual Designing Our Own Learning Summer Intensive
In the summer of 2021, Sound Discipline (now BELONG Partners) hosted our third annual Designing Our Own Learning (DOOL) intensive summer program. For a look back at the first two years of the program, check out Facilitator Alan Wong’s post on the College Spark Foundation’s blog. For two weeks in August, diverse students and…
