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Blended Learning

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Virtual Learning Academy Charter School

A fully competency-based virtual school incorporating in-person learning opportunities

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West Allis-West Milwaukee School District

Planning personalized, deep learning environments across the district (Planning)

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3 Personalized Learning Schools in Chicago

Chicago is known for how it does pizza (deep dish), sports (Michael Jordan, Wrigley Field), and comedy (The Second City). Do you know how the third largest city in the U.S. does personalized learning?
Technology Tools

Next Gen Tools: Matchbook Learning's "Spark"

Spark is a data integration tool created to support Matchbook Learning's student-centered, mastery-based, blended learning model. It analyzes student achievement daily based on multiple points of data from various online resources and assessment providers. It provides teachers with a one-stop view of a student's proficiency to help teachers strategically group students for future learning opportunities.
Professional Learning

Next Gen Tools: Pre-Service Teacher Learning Collaborative

This innovation brief from Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) focuses on the pre-service teacher learning collaborative between Jacksonville State University and Piedmont City Schools through the Collaborative Regional Education (CORE) professional development initiative. Student teachers from Jacksonville State serve as co-teachers, are trained in collaborative pedagogy, and gain experience teaching in a personalized, blended, mastery-based learning environment at Piedmont Middle School.
Professional Learning

Next Gen Tools: EAA Professional Development

This innovation brief from Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) focuses on the blended, mastery-based professional development course developed by the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan for teachers in its student-centered learning schools. The goal is to provide the professional development that teachers need to leverage the student-centered learning environment in EAA schools in order to prepare K-12 students for college and career. An artifact includes screenshots of the teacher dashboard and professional development playlist that guides the professional learning experience in the Buzz learning platform.
New Designs for School

Caliber Schools: Caliber: Beta Academy

Caliber: Beta Academy is reimagining education as we know it, with the belief that the innovations in its model will allow 100% of its students to graduate ready to attend and succeed in a competitive four-year college and beyond. The academic model of the school features personalized learning plans, blended learning for English and math, project-based learning for science and social studies, an integrated social and emotional curriculum, daily writing blocks, and daily computer coding/engineering/robotics courses.
New Designs for School

Profile: Matchbook Learning

Matchbook Learning has been refining a student-centered, blended, turnaround school model. Students are leveled by what they know and can do, not by age or grade level. Each student progresses through a learning cycle of Learn & Practice, Peer & Teacher Conference, Apply, and Assess. Two schools supported by Matchbook Learning are profiled: Merit Prep in Newark, NJ and Michigan Technical Academy in Detroit.
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Piedmont City School District: Piedmont Middle School

At Piedmont Middle School, the future for students is changing through relevant, engaging learning opportunities, a school culture filled with hope, and a redesigned teaching and learning environment that utilizes blended learning, project-based learning, and competency-based learning to personalize education. The academic model is anchored by a focus on advanced mastery, relevance, and student ownership. This small, rural district intends to scale the model district-wide after phasing in the model at the middle school.
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Danville Independent Schools: Bate Middle School and Danville High School

This small district south of Lexington, KY is completely redesigning its only middle school and high school by adopting a competency-based blended learning model. Personalized learning pathways directly link middle school, high school, and college curriculum. Projects play a central role in the new learning environment which aims to equip students with 21st century skills so they can seize their place in the Information Age as inventive learners.