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Student Mastery Demonstration through Authentic Projects at Pleasant View
In addition to taking content assessments, students also engage in ongoing projects aligned to content areas.
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...
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.
Communal Practice Affirming Personal, Interpersonal, and Community Development
Valor students participate in a weekly “Circle” exercise, during which they work to improve themselves, their community, and their relationships with others.
Committing to Work on Individual, Relationship, and Community Topics
Individual, Relationship, and Community-based activities that students complete and often share through a communal practice called “Circle.”
Shared Commitments of the School Community
“The Valor Commitments” serve as the primary agreements community members make with each other, which guide the three primary responsibilities to improve oneself, relationships, and the community.
Collaborating with Google Classroom
Teachers and students use Google Classroom to discuss instruction and learning.
Creating Warm-Ups to Fill Skill Gaps
Students have a daily warm-up activity that addresses learning needs and applies cross-curricular skills in math.
Group (Advisory Class)
Bronx Arena offers a weekly advisory class called “Group,” which creates time for students to build relationships and community-like structures within their class.
Activity-Based Collaborative Learning Labs
Learning Labs are subject-focused, asynchronous courses that provide students with unique subject options and opportunities to collaborate with their peers.
Intersession Sparks Exploration and Lifelong Learning at The Nueva School
Nueva runs a PK-8 campus and a high school. Both these independent schools offer a six-day intersession for students to develop interdisciplinary exploration with real world experts, extending beyond the usual academic disciplines. Students choose...