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"Integrating sustainability and design into schools and communities. The Cloud Institute equips school systems K-12 and their communities with the core content, competencies and habits of mind that characterize education for a sustainable future. We do this by inspiring teachers and engaging students through meaningful content and student-centered instruction. Read our Cloud EfS Content and Performance Standards Checklist. Interested in working with us? Read our brochure and/or fill out our inquiry form below."

"Every year we built a community that modeled what all of us wished for in the wider world. We created a working campus where everyone had a job. All of these jobs were non-trivial, adult roles. If any role were not fulfilled, the well-being of the campus and the community would suffer. On many days, when we concluded our activities and jobs, we met in a circle and asked ourselves: What should we stop doing? What should we start doing? What should we continue doing?"

As an organization, Communities for Learning reflects the diversity that is key to its work: Governed by a board of directors whose values, interests and roles provide various educational perspectives that are invaluable in decision and policy making, the organization is further supported by an advisory council with varying skills and points of view, as well as by an experienced, thoughtful and committed staff.

"When she arrived at Queensborough Community College, however, Mertiri, who is now 20, did poorly on the entrance tests and was put in remedial classes. In her first year, she had to take remedial English, science, and math - the math class twice since she failed it the first time. The classes earned no credit toward a degree and cost $6,000, which she paid for by working at a physical therapist's office two days a week and babysitting on the weekends."