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Family Engagement in Virtual and Hybrid Learning
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is vital that schools put support structures in place that inform, encourage, and support families as an integral part of their child’s learning experience. This Insight explores...
Learner-Centered Design in Virtual and Hybrid Learning
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is essential for schools and teachers to implement learner-centered design practices. This Insight explores the research behind this critical lever and real-world case studies of...
Resources for the K-12 Education Sector to Prepare for the NTIA Digital Equity Funds
In 2024, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will announce new programs to help eligible entities such as schools and systems pursue activities to advance digital equity in their communities. Several organizations...
District Support for Schools Shifting to Personalized Learning
Henry County Schools provides monetary support, invests in people, and takes time to talk through issues and challenges of transitioning to personalized learning.
Step One: Craft a compelling why
Successful blended and personalized implementations have clear statements for why they are pursuing change through blended and personalized learning. They ground all of their work in this “why,” referring back to it again and again.
Pleasant View Elementary School
Pleasant View is a school serving students in pre-K through 5th grade in Providence, Rhode Island. The school partners with Summit Public Schools to implement personalized learning in the 5th grade.
Roots Executive Director Provides an Overview of Micro-Standards
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, provides an overview of how the school has broken Common Core State Standards into micro-objectives to deeply diagnose needs as well as understand student mastery progressions. Transcript: Jon...
Working Across Grade Levels
Learners in Lindsay High School English courses are able to simultaneously work through two "grade levels" of content in a single year.
Summit Public Schools Cognitive Skills Rubric
In partnership with the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE), Summit developed this rubric, which outlines the key practices Summit believes are necessary for college and career readiness. The Cognitive Skills are aligned to...
Teacher Perspective: Working on Multiple Grade Levels at Lindsay
Teacher Brandy Quintero explains how advanced students can work at a higher level in a competency-based learning system. Transcript: Brandy Quintero: So at the beginning of the year, you know, when you first get to start knowing...
Shifting to self-directed learning: Setting a "default" mode
Blended and personalized learning models attempt to put students into greater control of their learning. Teachers need to build in explicit supports and structures to support students as they exercise greater choice and control. One structure we...