2025 Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture Education for Flourishing: Building Initiatives and Partnerships for More Just and Sustainable Futures
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| Title: | 2025 Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture Education for Flourishing: Building Initiatives and Partnerships for More Just and Sustainable Futures |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | William R. Penuel (ORCID |
| Source: | Educational Researcher. 2026 55(4):233-243. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | High Schools Secondary Education Elementary Education Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Educational Objectives, Individual Development, Partnerships in Education, Youth, Wellness, Family School Relationship, Altruism, Caring, Inservice Teacher Education, Educational Research, Minority Group Students, High School Students, Elementary School Students, Futures (of Society), Educational Trends |
| Geographic Terms: | Colorado (Boulder), Colorado |
| DOI: | 10.3102/0013189X251386404 |
| ISSN: | 0013-189X 1935-102X |
| Abstract: | In this article, I develop the idea that education can be organized for flourishing--that is, learning together how to act and engage with the world to create a more just, sustainable future for all. Flourishing is a collective process that involves cultivating care and compassion, engaging in dignity-affirming interactions, and repairing relationships among people, institutions, and subject matter. I share how three initiatives are working to build systems for flourishing: engaging youth in fugitive wellness practices, strengthening families' meaningful connections to schools, and nurturing compassionate educators. These efforts have been cocreated and sustained within research-practice partnerships that offer models for how we can together create, repair, and sustain relationships with people, lands, and waters in just educational futures. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1503701 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | In this article, I develop the idea that education can be organized for flourishing--that is, learning together how to act and engage with the world to create a more just, sustainable future for all. Flourishing is a collective process that involves cultivating care and compassion, engaging in dignity-affirming interactions, and repairing relationships among people, institutions, and subject matter. I share how three initiatives are working to build systems for flourishing: engaging youth in fugitive wellness practices, strengthening families' meaningful connections to schools, and nurturing compassionate educators. These efforts have been cocreated and sustained within research-practice partnerships that offer models for how we can together create, repair, and sustain relationships with people, lands, and waters in just educational futures. |
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| ISSN: | 0013-189X 1935-102X |
| DOI: | 10.3102/0013189X251386404 |
