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.
January 9, 2018
Craft Category: Artifacts
Four Hour Instructional Blocks at Bronx Arena
Bronx Arena’s founder discusses why the school uses four hour blocks of time called “Arenas” as the main time for instruction.
January 9, 2018
Learning Labs at Bronx Arena
Educators at Bronx Arena discuss subject-specific activity-based classes called learning labs. Classroom footage is also featured.
January 9, 2018
Three Levels of Proficiency at Bronx Arena
Bronx Arena’s founder discusses the rationale for having three different levels of proficiency. A student and teacher also discuss proficiency levels.
January 9, 2018
Development of Competencies at Bronx Arena
Bronx Arena’s founder discusses why and how they went about developing competencies for students. A student and teacher also discuss competencies in a class setting.
January 9, 2018
Moving with Mastery at Bronx Arena
Students and an educator discuss the benefits of being able to start and finish classes at any time, based on content mastery.
January 9, 2018
Creating a Schedule to Personalize Learning for All Students at Bronx Arena
Bronx Arena’s founder discusses each component of the school’s schedule and how they work to improve teaching and learning for students.
January 9, 2018
Fit for Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education
This paper explores and reflects on the issues state policy needs to address in the long-term to support a transformation of K-12 education systems.
Personalized learning and competency-based education systems, designed to ensure equity, hold promise to prepare all students for success in college, career and civic life. This report shares strategies for policy to support systems change over the long haul toward competency-based systems that ensure mastery and success for all students.
This publication intends to spark conversation around core concepts that policy needs to address to achieve sustainable systems transformation toward personalized, competency-based education systems. It introduces four ‘threshold concepts’ to help us think differently about what is possible in an equitable future education system where all students succeed, and how to address deep-seated systems design flaws across K-12 education.
January 4, 2018
Bronx Arena Competency Rubrics
Bronx Arena created competencies for literacy, thinking, and expression, with accompanying rubrics to assess mastery.
January 3, 2018
Bronx Arena Competencies at a Glance
Bronx Arena created competencies for literacy, thinking, and expression.
January 3, 2018