Program
Reach & Impact

The Can We? Project, founded by Waynflete School in 2018, began as a single weekend retreat serving 30 students at a camp in Maine. It has since grown into a program that now works directly each year with over 300 students and educators across rural, suburban, and urban communities in Maine and New Hampshire. In addition, student leaders in our partner schools are offering Can We?-inspired dialogue events for their peers, teachers, and communities.

Partner schools

28 and counting…

Students served

1,000 high school students—and counting—served directly since 2018, plus additional indirect reach through independent partner school initiatives and teacher-led classroom applications of constructive dialogue

Educators served

We serve 30 teachers annually through Beyond the Cohort with additional teachers being served through workshops and school consulting opportunities.

28

Partner schools

1,000

Students served

100+

Educators served

We support an expanding number of students and educators who are developing the mindset and skills required to engage in sustained constructive dialogue. A culture of constructive dialogue in a school strengthens community, raises academic rigor, and promotes student leadership, voice, and belonging.

Evidence of Program Impact

White paper on dialogue and school culture

Building Dialogue, Transforming Schools

Data Innovation Project Program Evaluation (2023-2024 school year)

Executive Report
Full Report

Bates College Student Research

Impact of The Can We? Project on Educators

Media Stories

The Can We? Project Media Stories