Our Curriculum
The REDI Lab Field Guide
Sample our top of the line educating material below. By reimagining time and achievement, we break down traditional barriers, creating an environment where everyone belongs and feels safe to take risks, create, innovate, and share.
Creating space for curiosity driven learning
Learning has no walls, and the curriculum centers on the values, skills, and knowledge you already possess.
Encouraging deep research into novel ideas
By reimagining time and achievement, we break down traditional barriers, creating an environment where everyone belongs and feels safe to take risks, create, innovate, and share.
Fostering agency, design and testing of innovative solutions
Our carefully guided process helps you unlearn limiting beliefs, develop reflective and metacognitive skills, and practice essential life skills that will serve you in the future.
The REDI Lab Newsletter
Yes, &…
“And” speaks to one of the primary skills in design thinking and in life: being comfortable with ambiguity. “And” opens one’s life to possibilities that do not exist if one is firmly entrenched on only one side of the room.
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What Have You Learned Recently
by Martha Smith If I could do anything, no limitations, setting all of my life obligations aside, I would go back to school. Law school, divinity school, art school, more […]
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“Breaking Free from the Monoculture: A Call for Trust and Authenticity in Education”
By Tom Thorpe I love a clean looking lawn, and my son and I invest hours and take pride in one that is weed free with very clean lines. The […]
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Summer summary & upcoming work
We began the summer with a weeklong camp in partnership with the Gold Crown Foundation Clubhouse, offering a storytelling and animation program for 18 students in grades 6–12. Following that, […]
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Growth Happens Outside of the Comfort Zone: How shaping a surfboard shaped my future by Cooper Carson
At the time of this writing my REDI Lab project was three years ago. It seems like only yesterday that I walked into the REDI Lab on day one with […]
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Welcome to the team, Jazmin Nieto!!!In her own words…
I am so excited to join Colorado Academy as the new K-12 Service Learning & Community Engagement Coordinator and REDI Lab Community Liaison. As a first generation Latina and a […]
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“READY OR NOT, HERE I COME”
Navigating a story can feel like the children’s game hide-and-seek. Within stories, whether intentional or not, there are elements hidden to the audience – and sometimes even to the author […]
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A Conversation and Update from Brian Labra Vergara
[RL] Where are you now? [BL] In a period of transition. Actually, I’m on a bus in New York, but that’s neither here nor there. For some background, my name […]
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Dear Friends, Welcome To Yes, &…
Dear Friends, Welcome to the first issue of “Yes, &…” from the REDI Lab in Denver, Colorado. What is the REDI Lab? REDI Lab is a program, a place, and […]
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The REDI Lab: Where Educators and Students Innovate Fearlessly
In today’s fast-paced world, the traditional education model often feels outdated and stifling for both students and teachers because compliance and performance are the primary goals for achievement. Students – […]
REDI Lab Newsletter: Yes, &…
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