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Research & impact posts

Student Emotional Wellbeing throughout the pandemic from anonymized student data

Understanding student emotional health, one emoji at a time

Sown To Grow releases new report highlighting student well-being throughout the pandemic and school learnings from the response.

Kelsey Aijala

July 18, 2022

Sown To Grow's student check-in & reflection process, and the data it produces.

IES Grant to Expand Sown To Grow’s Work Empowering Proactive Social-Emotional Support in Schools

Sown To Grow receives a research grant from the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences to develop technology that can aid teacher classroom practice and the ability to provide personalized, proactive student support.

Will Bielinski

June 15, 2022

The three major components of a logic model: inputs, outputs & outcomes

Logic Models — a roadmap for measuring impact in EdTech

With the increased focus on properly understanding and measuring impact within the education technology industry, we wanted to share how Sown To Grow approaches this in a deliberative, iterative way.

Will Bielinski

September 9, 2022

Students emotions week over week before and into the start of the pandemic

Students’ Pandemic Emotions: A weekly snapshot that shows their rollercoaster

Weekly student emotional data gives a unique snapshot of how students are responding to the pandemic, remote learning, and life in isolation. Reflections on how we can listen to students and provide deeper support during this turbulent time.