A Center for Creative Inquiry

The Ed Factory works at the intersection of the arts, the humanities, and the science of social connection. We create place-based institutes, workshops, writing support, and consulting spaces where educators, young people, and families design new methods, leadership practices, and inquiries rooted in real experience. Our work grows from the understanding that the struggles young people face often come from deep social disconnection, and that stereotypes tied to race, class, gender, religion, and sexuality are symptoms of that disconnection. Grounded in a love pedagogy™ developed by Lisa Arrastia, we help teachers build democratic classrooms, support school and community organizations seeking research-based approaches to teaching and learning, and host Institutes in which teachers serve as paid fellows who study, create, and produce experiential research and community sound archives. Across all of our programs, including writing support for youth and adults, we help people see and question their world, listen across difference™, and create imaginative responses that strengthen connection in their classrooms, communities, and everyday lives.