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Mastery-Based Math Learning Through “Cafés”
Liberty Public Schools math teachers piloted a mastery-based learning model to support student self-direction and personalized pacing. Elementary school teachers built lessons around a continuum of standards and allowed for students to attend...
Scaling Inquiry Pilots to Longer Term Projects at D11
Natasha North, K-12 Literacy Specialist at Colorado Springs School District 11describes how her district launched cross-curricular inquiry projects focused on learning phases rather than standards.
Dimensions of Identity Circle at Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Community School District implemented “Community Circles” as part of its social-emotional learning curriculum. The circles take place every morning in grades K-8. This lesson plan guide is for a specific circle activity around...
Identifying Three Focus Priorities to Direct Improvement Efforts
In response to the pandemic, Cedar Rapids Community School District identified three critical, high impact strategies for the entire central office to focus on.
Distance-Learning MOU With a Focus on Instructional Aims
Leaders at Monterey Peninsula Unified School Districts worked to negotiate an agreement with union leaders that clearly defined expectations for remote instruction in ways that tied to student-centered aims.
Reflecting on Hops, Skips, and Leaps at Taos Academy Charter
In this Insight, Elizabeth LeBlanc shares some of the hops, skips, and leaps Taos Academy Charter has made during the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate effective teaching and learning – and examines what they'll take forward with them.
Episode 6: Austin ISD on Instructional Blueprints, Professional Collaboration and Development, and the Concept of "Learning Loss"
On this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, Dr. Suzanne Newell of Austin Independent School...
Unfinished Learning: What system conditions are needed to address unfinished learning?
Although long-term, systemic inequities ultimately need to be addressed, unfinished learning presents an immediate challenge. In the short term, schools and districts can organize their current systems around learner-centered principles and...
Map Academy
Map Academy is an alternative public high school in MA that offers students a different path to graduation than traditional high schools.
Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS)
VLACS is a nonprofit charter school in NH that offers elementary, middle, and high school programs.
My Tech High
My Tech High is a personalized virtual program, administered by K-12 public schools across ten states. Students in the program are full-time public school students and can take all of their courses through the My Tech High platform tuition-free.