Stories & Opinions

Lumen High School combines access to community resources with one-on-one coaching so students build skills, knowledge, and long-term community relationships. Learn about this innovative wrap-around model and its potential to put students and families on a path toward long-term health and economic stability.

At Lumen High School, students take responsibility for their own behavior using a restorative discipline practice, Collaborative Conversations. Learn about Lumen's skill-based practice and how they navigated implementation challenges.

To combat attendance challenges and support a new internship program, Lumen High School introduced Mentor Center in the 2023–24 school year. The school-based mentoring program assigned every student to a school adult who met with them on a regular basis. Learn how Lumen implemented their mentoring model and the results they saw by the end of the pilot.

Americans are waking up to the plight of rural and small town areas. Rural students and workers need government and philanthropic help to link to jobs, higher education, and career opportunities, whether near their homes or in cities.

We propose a better use of the billions of dollars we spend each year on education to improve results by breaking down the traditional barriers between high school, college, and career.