Latest News from Systems Thinking Schools

Check out Systems Thinking Schools and Wildwood Outreach Center Director Steve Barrett at this year's World Education Summit (WES) 2023. On March 21, we'll be premiering our presentation, Systems Thinking to Change the World, on the Cool Schools Stage of this global...

Systems Thinking Schools is a featured exhibitor at the 2023 California Charter Schools Association Annual Conference, March 13-16 in Sacramento. Stop by Booth 917 to say hello and learn more about all we have to offer educators—including this summer's Systems...

Systems Thinking On The Road! Systems Thinking Schools is a featured exhibitor this March at two major educational conferences: The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) Annual Conference in Long Beach [Booth 1627] and the ASCD Annual Conference in Chicago [Booth 1521]. Come visit us if you’re attending either one.

One workshop wonder! Chicago Public Schools 2nd Grade teacher Melitza Rodriguez took our Systems Thinking Schools 101 workshop in summer 2020 and it inspired a whole year of online teaching and learning. Melitza and her students studied the Chicago River, its ecosystems, animals, intersections with city life and even took two virtual field trips to explore the river.

HAVE YOU HEARD How you can start integrating a systems thinking approach in your own classroom? Teachers are talking about systems teaching and learning in every episode of our Systems Thinking for Kids PODCAST, now on Apple and Spotify– and on our website! Hear about lesson plans and classroom approaches for students at every grade level.

Ready or not, here they come! This year, welcome your students back to school with an approach that honors everything your students already know, and connects to content they’ll be exploring next. Systems Thinking Schools First grade teacher Molly Temple says in classrooms guided by a systems thinking approach, every student’s input, experiences and knowledge matters.