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Moving with Mastery at Bronx Arena
Students and an educator discuss the benefits of being able to start and finish classes at any time, based on content mastery.
Graduated Student Autonomy at Bronx Arena
Bronx Arena's founder discusses how students start to own more responsibility for their own learning. A student provides an example of their learning management.
Senior Portfolios at Bronx Arena
A student and teacher discuss senior portfolios at Bronx Arena, which help students prepare for the world beyond high school.
Teachers as Conductors of Learning at Bronx Arena
Bronx Arena's founder discusses how teacher's focus on facilitating learning before designing curriculum.
Measurement in Action: Using existing data and staff to measure personalized learning
We engaged in two researcher-practitioner partnerships (RPPs) with Distinctive Schools, and Leadership Public Schools over one school year to help them determine how best to scale their personalized learning initiatives. Here are the lessons we...
“Prix Fixe” vs. “A la Carte”: Should we scale a comprehensive model throughout our system or provide access to a series of independent, modular resources or tools?
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of creating a central “prix fixe” implementation model vs offering more flexible “a la carte” options and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.
Clearly Defining Definitions of “Tight” and “Loose”
Leaders in Henry County, GA, formally laid out different responsibilities for schools and for the district.
Communities of Practice
How to support innovative teachers to continue to stretch their practice over time.
Scaling Small Practices Organically
How to provide the right kind of central support to enable each teacher to take the lead in driving instructional change in their classroom.
Implementing a Flex Time Period
Learn about different types of flexible learning times and how they are used.