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Personalized Learning is (Again) Promising: A Snapshot of Practice & Student Achievement

A new research report from the RAND Corporation suggests greater implementation of personalized learning may relate to more positive effects on achievement, but it's still early days for personalized learning research.
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Let's Put Personalized Learning in Its Proper Place

In the move toward personalized learning, we risk falling into several age-old traps that reduce a complex, challenging undertaking to a smaller, more easily digestible version of itself.
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Fueling the Fire: Training for Leadership at Alpha Public Schools

After years of teamwork, reflection, and dedication to SEL and student leadership, Alpha Public Schools's Personalized Leadership Training has gone viral.
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What Do a Dead Guinea Pig and a Lemonade Stand Have to Do With Real Learning?

Lessons from Montessori on weaving independence, self-direction and respect into children's public school experience every day.
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Competency-Based Advisor Hiring & Preparation: Introducing 3 Key Competency Clusters

Redesigning hiring practices, professional development, and performance evaluation for advisors represent an excellent start for guaranteeing relevant, forward-thinking advisement to our students.
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Crafting a Community of Belonging in a Culture of Digital Connection

By leveraging the power of language, educators can turn their diverse and digitally-connected student bodies into meaningful communities of belonging.
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Alliance College-Ready Public Schools

PACE HS model addresses 3 challenges: insufficient academic rigor, lack of self-direction, financial pressures.

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ASCEND, Education for Change Public Schools

Cultivation of student agency in an arts-integrated, experiential curriculum

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School Design Blueprint: ASCEND

The School Design Blueprint is a design document that outlines the school’s plan for transforming its current school model to one that better serves the unique needs of every student. The blueprint is structured to answer four main design questions:

  1. What is our theory of action for solving our greatest systemic challenges?
  2. What will the future student experience look like when we succeed?
  3. What will we implement next year that gets us closer to our long-term vision?
  4. How will we continuously roll out new features of our model and engage stakeholders in the work over time?
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Breakthrough Montessori

Bringing the Montessori model to public education

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