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""At Education Reimagined, our big bet is that education systems need to look a lot more like learner-centered ecosystems. We see the work right now as bigger than just improving individual schools; it’s about weaving the fabric of our communities back together. Upward mobility, especially for those furthest from opportunity, is deeply connected to education and community, therefore; these two things can no longer be divorced from one another. Yes, we must keep supporting learner-centered schools, but we also must create systems conducive for them to spread and reach all families. As Sam Chaltain describes it: 

“'Education Reimagined’s big bet is that the best way to impact American education writ large is not primarily by seeding singular schools (as important as that is), but by reimagining the larger organizing principle of each community’s commitment to its children—away from the sclerotic model of a ‘unified’ district, and towards the nascent notion of a truly ecological approach in which a community’s full wealth of existing resources—from its libraries to its public parks to its civic partners to, yes, its schools— are intentionally woven together with a new set of organizations, adult roles, and learning pathways to result in a more vibrant set of everyday experiences for young people that are relevant, fulfilling, and perhaps even fun.'” - Emily Liebtag

Article: A New Operating System for Public Education: Learner-Centered Ecosystems