Brightworks
 

Everything is Interesting

Brightworks reimagines school as a joyful, inclusive and antiracist learning community where students K-12 expand their curiosity and co-author their education through meaningful engagement.

 
 
 

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" Brightworks has given my daughter, who just joined as a middle schooler, a sense of what it’s like to be in a place that is truly kind. She comes home with happy highlights every day, and misses school on the weekends . "

-Lael, new parent

 
 
 
 
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The School That Says “YES!”

You want to write a novel? Ok! You want to start a small business to raise money for the animal shelter. Let’s do it! You want to build a sail car and go on a journey down an abandoned railway? Let’s figure it out together! Children are instinctual learners.

Brightworks honors students’ agency by partnering with them on their educational path. That is why we call our teachers Collaborators.

 
 

Real Tools, Real Materials and
Real Challenges

Why wait until you’re an adult to make meaningful contributions to the world? Brightworks reimagines K-12 education as a time to build your capacity to impact your community…by making an actual impact.

 
 

Every Student is the Protagonist of Their Own Story

We honor students’ agency through a combination of big, ambitious group projects and student-proposed passion projects.

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Brightworks: Educating for the Future

Brightworks was recently featured in this documentary about the future of work. It was filmed in our previous space. Though our space has changed, our ethic remains. You can read more about how we are contributing to the conversation about shifting the educational paradigm on our press page.