Aims to provide a space for dialogue among colleagues with different perspectives but a shared passion for student learning in colleges and universities. Contains information for readers and writers, details about upcoming writer retreats, media links, and a history of the organization.

Incorporates years of research and prototype development and a variety of examples from trailblazing efforts at local, district, regional, and state levels. The prototypes and examples can be adopted/adapted to design and plan ways to transform the role schools play in addressing barriers to learning and teaching and re-engaging disconnected students.

Examines research on peer mentoring programs, highlighting their benefits and noting conditions and components of successful programs. Notes findings that include reductions in absenteeism and drop out rates for participating students, along with the importance of teacher supervision.

Provides an in depth explanation on what student centered learning is, how it has impacted student learning, how it has impacted teacher's methods of teaching, and how it has changed the structure of the school by examining the case study of a small school in Maine that is the in midst of using this innovative approach to education.

Presents a comprehensive report on youth victimization, offending by youth, and the juvenile justice system.

Describes how REL Midwest will partner with multiple school districts to build school leaders’ capacity in using data to reduce disparities among student groups in their sense of belonging, disciplinary actions, and absenteeism through the Data-Informed Leadership for Equity (DILE) partnership.

Discusses how State and Local Education Agencies (SEAs and LEAs) can address chronic absenteeism by examining current data trends in their states and providing examples of promising practices which they’ve implemented to address the root causes of chronic absenteeism.