George Lucas Educational Foundation

Creating a Positive Learning Environment

When students’ mental, emotional, and physical needs are met, they’re more likely to love school—and they learn more.

January 14, 2019

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This video is part of our How Learning Happens series, which explores teaching practices grounded in the science of learning and human development.

Public, Urban

Grades Pre-K–5

Washington, DC

Outperformed all but one other Title I school in Washington, DC, when third graders took the state test for the first time in 2019.
Scored 98% for student satisfaction and95% for parent satisfaction on DC Public Schools’Fall 2020–21 Insight survey.
Developed the Whole Child model of teaching and learning that’s being implemented by schools in 4 states, in collaboration with partner organization Transcend.

Charter, Urban

Grades PreK-12

Dorchester, MA