{"id":6273,"date":"2023-03-07T12:54:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T12:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gng.org\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:56:10","slug":"we-should-trust-youth-to-drive-their-own-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/2023\/03\/07\/we-should-trust-youth-to-drive-their-own-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"We Should Trust Youth to Drive Their Own Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ad60d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ad60d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>by Global Nomads Group CEO Courtney Welsh and Board Member Scott Hefter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-770aff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"770aff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10008\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/harvard-ali-logo-768x318.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/harvard-ali-logo-768x318.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/harvard-ali-logo-725x300.jpg 725w, https:\/\/dev-global-nomads-group.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/harvard-ali-logo.jpg 916w\" alt=\"Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative logo\" width=\"768\" height=\"318\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f23a230 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f23a230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p class=\"\">The brutal combination of COVID-19 pandemic disruptions, the rapid shift from in-person to online learning (and back again), and the intrusion of 21st century culture wars into school boards and classrooms has left a well-documented trail of educational damage: widespread learning disruptions, an exponential rise in mental health challenges, and teachers quitting in droves. While everyone from policymakers to teachers to parents is upset with the current situation, recent surveys have uncovered equally widespread dissatisfaction among the most vulnerable group of all: students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f218b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f218b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sir.advancedleadership.harvard.edu\/articles\/we-should-trust-youth-to-drive-their-own-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article in the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative\u2019s <em>Social Impact Review<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Global Nomads Group CEO Courtney Welsh and Board Member Scott Hefter The brutal combination of COVID-19 pandemic disruptions, the rapid shift from in-person to online learning (and back again), and the intrusion of 21st century culture wars into school boards and classrooms has left a well-documented trail of educational damage: widespread learning disruptions, an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6277,"href":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273\/revisions\/6277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gng.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}