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Depth of Knowledge Levels
Identifying different levels of understanding for learning targets and challenging students to complete the higher levels.
Scaling Personalized Learning through Cohorts in Henry County School District
Henry County Schools selects a small number of schools each year to transition to personalized learning. Each cohort is provided with additional resources to plan and implement the change.
Designing Henry County’s Five Pillars for Personalized Learning
Henry County Schools created five core tenets of personalized learning to help schools identify primary areas of change in their instructional practices.
Henry County Schools’ Shift To Personalized Learning
Read about how Henry County decided to shift to personalized learning, and how it turned an idea into reality.
Cisco Junior High School
Cisco Junior High School is a small district school in Cisco, TX, about two hours outside of Dallas, serving students in grades 6-8. Cisco ISD has scaled blended learning to 3rd-8th grade math and science, and is working toward scaling across...
Whole Class Instruction
Teachers at Cisco use whole group instruction to address common learning needs across the entire class.
Prompting Deeper Thinking through Open Questions
Cisco’s 7th grade math teacher asks questions that require students to use prior knowledge, mathematical processes, and mathematical language in their answer.
Creating Extra Time for Student Support in Extension Classes
Extension classes provide extra time for all 6th grade students and specific 7th grade students to get the academic supports they need.
Supporting Teachers Shifting to Blended Learning
As a small district, Cisco ISD must be creative and intentional in how it allocates resources to support its blended learning teachers.
Bronx Arena High School
Bronx Arena is an alternative high school that serves overage and under-credited students in grades 9-12 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Each student has a custom education plan meant to help them optimally learn what they need to graduate....
Arenas (Four-Hour Time Blocks)
Students spend the majority of their instructional time in an open class period working on their individual academic plans, receiving customized support as needed.