
Tier IV: Empowering
At the heart of Thinking Nation's mission is to empower students as thinking citizens. Tier IV: Empowering- is where change transcends daily practice. Students demonstrate agency in how they uncover the past in the way that they make connections to other disciplines and articulate complex arguments in writing and discourse. Schools demonstrate rich vertical alignment, through data analysis that enables systemic change and progress across schools and districts. When social studies classrooms embody these types of thinking and practices, classrooms, schools, and civic communities are transformed.