Dialogue Across Divides

With Mismatch, teachers join a growing community of educators committed to preparing their students to participate in a healthier democracy.

Mismatch.org strengthens classrooms by connecting educators to a national network of peers, sparking real student dialogue and collaborative civic learning.

Join a community committed to teaching for a healthier democracy—together.

Dialogue is essential to democracy. With Mismatch, classrooms learn to humanize the “other.”

What Mismatch Pilot students found

92%

of students from the Mismatch pilot reported better understanding the other perspective or the other person after just one conversation.
99%

of students found the conversation somewhat or extremely valuable.
From 2017 Mismatch pilot
I’m overhearing some of the conversations … awesome! This is civil discourse!!

Deb S, High School Librarian, New Jersey

Build a better world one conversation at a time.