Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School presents
Deeper LearningMid-Atlantic Hub
A cross-sector regional network for school leaders committed to deepening teaching and learning across the Mid-Atlantic.
Partner: City Neighbors Foundation
“The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility.”
— bell hooks · Teaching to Transgress · 1994
Why This Hub Exists
Deeper learning exists in our region. What is missing is a structure to make it visible, coherent, and sustainable.
School leaders across Baltimore, DC, and the Mid-Atlantic are doing serious instructional work in isolation. They rarely see each other’s student work. They navigate similar constraints without shared language. They have no professional home that honors both the ambition and the reality of this work.
The Deeper Learning Mid-Atlantic Hub changes that. Led by Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School in partnership with City Neighbors Foundation, this hub brings together public charter, district, and independent school leaders committed to deepening teaching and learning — and to opening their practice to one another.
By February 2027, every school in this cohort will have a shared language, an honest baseline of their own practice, and a cross-school group working on a real problem together.
What We Want to Be True
- Students are doing intellectually demanding work that results in something real and public
- Teachers have a trusted colleague outside their school who knows their work
- Leaders have named a specific problem of practice and have a group to work on it with
- Adults in our schools model inquiry and revision the same way they ask students to
What We Mean by
Deeper Learning
Is the student doing the thinking — or is the adult doing it for them?
This question travels with us into every session.
Founding Leadership
Led from Baltimore.
Built for the region.
The Deeper Learning Mid-Atlantic Hub is an initiative of Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School — an all-girls public charter school in East Baltimore — in partnership with City Neighbors Foundation.
The hub is supported by a broader core group of school leaders spanning Baltimore, Washington DC, Arlington VA, and Philadelphia — representing public charter, independent, and district schools at various stages of their deeper learning journey.
2026–2027 Programming
Five sessions. One arc.
Real work throughout.
Each session builds on the last and ends with something concrete to carry forward. We come with student work, name what is hard, and leave with a question worth working on.
Join the Cohort
Is your school ready to go deeper?
We are assembling a cohort of up to 13 schools for fall 2026. Schools at all stages of their deeper learning journey are welcome. What matters is the commitment to show up, be honest about the work, and learn alongside others doing the same.
