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KnowledgeWorks: A State Policy Framework for Personalized Learning
The State Policy Framework for Personalized Learning helps states and stakeholders define and navigate their pathway from the exploratory phase of system design, where a limited number of districts engage in personalized learning practices, to...
Fuse RI: An Open Access Model of K-2 Blended Learning Implementation
This report by Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute is the first in a series documenting Fuse RI, which is a three-year project funded by TLA with a goal of developing a statewide system for sharing, implementing, evaluating, and scaling...
Advice: Support and Leverage for Early Adopters
Innovation in education does not always take hold when mandated solely from the “top down.” Early adopters at the school and district level can show the way for others across the state, and they provide authentic, real-world experience from which to...
New England Board of Education Policy Spotlight: How Selective Colleges and Universities Evaluate Proficiency-Based High School Transcripts: Insights for Students and Schools
New England Board of Education position paper on mastery-based transcripts and college admissions that confirms there is no cause for concern for students with non-traditional transcripts as long as schools provide some basic information and context...
Financing Personalized Learning: What Can We Learn From First-Generation Adopters
A report from CRPE that takes a systematic look at costs associated with implementing personalized learning schools, how leaders of these schools choose to allocate their funds, and what it might take to make personalized learning financially...
Valor Collegiate Academies
Valor Collegiate Academies consist of two public charter schools in Nashville, TN, serving students in grades 5-8. Their instructional model includes a blended and personalized math class, as well as a large emphasis on student social and emotional...
Coordination Between Core Content and Math Focus Teachers
Content and Focus math teachers have the same students throughout the semester and coordinate their teaching and data to best meet each student’s instructional needs.
Prioritizing Student Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Growth through an SEL Curriculum
Valor designed the Compass, a comprehensive human development model and social-emotional curriculum, to foster students who lead balanced, purposeful lives.
Highlighting Essential Habits for Developing Excellence in Mind, Body, and Spirit
Valor determined two core Compass Habits representing excellence in each of the five Compass Disciplines. Students develop competency in each of these habits, which are sequenced through a series of phases within the Compass Phase System.
Teachers as Coaches (“Pride Leaders”) for Small Groups
Teachers are mentors to small, single-gendered groups called “Prides.” In the mentor role for these groups, teachers are referred to as “Pride Leaders.”
Locust Grove Middle School
Locust Grove Middle School is a 6th-8th grade personalized learning school in Henry County School District in Georgia.