Since 2009, we've been prototyping tools, materials, and experiences demonstrating more effective and humane perspectives on learning. These are some of the programs and projects we've developed, partners we've worked with, and names we've worked under along the way.

Selected Work

2019-2021
Modeling Algebra

Modeling Algebra

Creating project-based development kits for high school mathematics via modeling

2018-2020
Redesigning Educator Licensure

Redesigning Educator Licensure

Creating a novel teacher licensure program in digital literacy and computer science, from scratch

2019-2020
Design for Anxiety

Design for Anxiety

Design and prototyping as a path to dealing with anxiety, tailored for people with autism

2019-2020
Prospect Studio

Prospect Studio

Advising on a place- and project-based freshman gap year at Applewild, a Chapter 766 school

2013-2019
[Almost] a New District School

[Almost] a New District School

Trying to start an in-district "Innovation School" centering projects exploring computation, narrative, and design

2014-2019
Equitable Enrollment Algorithms

Equitable Enrollment Algorithms

Legal and technical solutions to discriminate by race, gender, and class to prevent school-level segregation

2016-2019
Creative Computing

Creative Computing

Creative explorations in screen-based and physical computing

2017-2019
Atlas

Atlas

Rendering messy, project-based work legible to traditional standards through software

2009-2018
Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling

Programs exploring how software and hardware can support new forms of storytelling

2009-2018
Turtle Geometry

Turtle Geometry

Exploring differential geometry and topology through LOGO

2014-2018
DLCS Standards

DLCS Standards

Developing Massachusetts' standards for Digital Literacy and Computer Science

2015-2018
Fabville

Fabville

Designing, securing funding for, and launching a community fabrication lab in Somerville High School

2016-2018
Healey STEAM

Healey STEAM

Piloting our proposed Innovation School design all-day, year-round with 7th and 8th grades at the Healey

2009-2016
Spaghetti Dinners

Spaghetti Dinners

A monthly food, music, and performance series exploring cross-disciplinary themes

2009-2014
Signs of Life

Signs of Life

Interdisciplinary explorations of what it means for something to be "alive" through software, hardware, and art

2011-2013
Flutes & Waves

Flutes & Waves

Exploring how sound works by building and experimenting with flutes from scratch

2009-2012
Bring Your Grandma to Math

Bring Your Grandma to Math

Workshops bringing people of all ages together to play with mathematics, for fun

2010
Simulation & Nature in Design

Simulation & Nature in Design

Simulating natural phenomena to design, prototype, and fabricate art

2010
Streetbeest

Streetbeest

Building a giant, walking sculpture for HONK! through community-driven design

Selected Partners

XQ InstituteCodman AcademyInstitute for ProgressShady Hill SchoolBarr FoundationEducauseApplewildHarvardCenter for Collaborative EducationCenter for Artistry and ScholarshipSomerville Public Schools Boston Public SchoolsHigh MeadowsMassachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary EducationTremont SchoolNervous SystemAssociation for Autism and NeurodiversityTufts UniversityGoogleFederation of American Scientists

Past Lives

Sprout & Co

Making science a cultural activity as sprout & co

Powderhouse Studios

Trying to start an in-district high school as Powderhouse Studios