What we do

We build inclusive learning experiences.

We know that collaborating on projects and solving problems with diverse stakeholders fosters creativity, emotional intelligence, and career readiness; we embed playful team-building activities, self & peer reflection, response to feedback, and culturally responsive activities in every element of program design.

We make project-based learning manageable, scalable, and central to education and career advancement.

We have streamlined and codified the project-based learning cycle to culminate in digital portfolios, ready to attach to leading high school and college applications.

We help students develop and share the work that means the most to them.

Whether the outcome is a painting, a robot, or a plan to tackle climate change, we help students move from idea to impact—and to reflect upon the process of project development while learning from peer and instructor feedback.

We use real-time data to learn, so you can, too.

We survey our students and clients routinely and share findings across the “mesh” or fabric of our networked intelligence to connect our students, clients and programs.

Our services

• For students & families:

  • We offer online and in-person courses directly to students through our incubator The Brooklyn Action Lab

  • We offer affordable tutoring to students applying to high school and college on everything except test prep ( e.g. personal writing statements; video testimony; digital supplements that enhance student extracurricular accomplishment)

  • We host webinars and speaker series on new trends in high school & college admissions and on management of student digital portfolios

• For cultural institutions & community centers:

  • We help organizations develop robust enrichment curricula and programming that culminate in student projects and digital portfolios

  • We train staff and families on using digital portfolios to showcase student work

  • We enhance existing enrichment curricula to align with cutting-edge academic, social justice, sustainability, and digital literacy standards

  • We build data platforms for all programs to gather and compare insights from student work

  • We support organizations with business and social impact development for new revenue streams from scaleable enrichment offerings

• For schools:

  • We help schools get more from their enrichment programming for after-school, weekend, and summer offerings and from electives and students clubs.

  • We develop and enhance project-based learning culminating in digital portfolios

  • We support schools with the pivot to performance-based assessments and comprehensive digital portfolios.

  • We enhance core academic curricula with culminating projects and digital portfolios

  • We train faculty, leaders, and families on digital portfolios and new trends in high school and college admissions;

  • We support college advising teams on new trends in college admissions and on showcasing authentic student work in applications to high school and college.

Our Education Design Principles

Our enrichment programs:

• Foster hands-on project-based learning, collaborative & playful problem solving—and teamwork

• Build inclusive, tolerant, anti-racist learning communities grounded in culturally responsive content and learning activities

• Support sustainable solutions aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Empower students to project manage & build digital portfolios compatible with leading online high school and college application platforms

• Align with robust academic and social justice standards such as Next Generation Science Standards, Tolerance.org Social Justice Standards, Common Core State Standards, and ISTE Standards for digital age learning.

• Develop SEL competencies aligned with the CASEL Framework

• Connect students with celebrated guest experts & college-age project mentors