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Interdisciplinary Learning Through Teacher Teams
Teachers work together to create interdisciplinary, project-based experiences that span seven weeks and are organized around a common “big” inquiry question, with content-area driving questions and specific “concept” activities that are aligned to...
Rethinking Compensation in Innovative Learning Models
Fully virtual and hybrid learning contexts present an incredible opportunity to rethink educator compensation as a tool for recruiting and retaining effective, high-quality teachers and responding to a call for greater professionalization in the...
Trailblazer's Opportunity Hour
Students engage in choice-based enrichment opportunities for one hour per week that allows general education teachers to collaborate in professional learning communities.
Student Support Network of Advocate Counselors
Advocate counselors provide social support to students throughout the day. Each class (or Arena) is staffed with a counselor.
Creating Small Groups In and Outside the General Classroom at Bronx Arena
Educators at Bronx Arena discuss the role of content specialists, who bring passion and subject-specific knowledge to student instruction.
Cross-housing BL/PL under Teaching and Learning and Technology
How to signal at the system level that shifting to a more personalized learning environment is central to instruction, not peripheral to it.
Forging Partnership with Neighboring District To Share Resources
Meriden Public Schools partnered with a neighboring district for a teacher exchange and to share resources.
Overview of Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University
Ector County Independent School District partnered with Harvard University researchers to explore how to structure a performance-based contract for virtual tutoring.
School Districts and Tutoring Providers Explore Outcomes-Based Contracting K-12 Math Education
This blog post provides highlights from the Outcomes-Based Contracting Summit co-organized by Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research and Third Sector. Ector County Independent School District Superintendent Scott Muri was a part...
Virtual, Outcomes-Based Contract Tutoring
Ector County Independent School District is currently piloting outcomes-based tutoring with a virtual tutoring company at the district’s lowest-performing middle school. The district targeted 40 of its highest-need students that will be provided...