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Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative Evaluation Report, Year 2

The Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative (MBLC) is a demonstration project taking place in 24 schools in Washington State. The schools receive funding and participate in professional learning and a statewide network to support implementation of mastery-based learning (MBL) and culturally responsive-sustaining education (CRSE). The initiative’s overarching goal is “to inform future policy by helping decision makers better understand what quality mastery-based learning looks like, how long it takes to implement, and what resources are necessary.”

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September 10, 2023

Beyond Brick and Mortar Podcast: My Tech High’s Tuition-Free & Student-Centered Approach to Virtual Learning

In this episode of TLA’s “Beyond Brick and Mortar” podcast series, which features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along the way, we chat with Matt Bowman, founder and CEO at My Tech High. Learn about their innovative model focused on personalizing education to students’ individual goals and learning preferences, offering their students flexibility and a tailored approach to education – all at no cost to families.

May 19, 2023

White Paper: Launching Forward: Leveraging pandemic innovations to advance school systems

This white paper release from The Learning Accelerator is a companion piece to our Hop, Skip, Leapfrog work to identify pandemic innovations advancing school systems. This paper zooms out from discrete innovation points, highlighting thematic stories and offering a look across systems and experts to share broader patterns in the new skills, capabilities, and mindsets which will help the K-12 sector make bigger leaps as communities move through recovery to advancement.

April 22, 2022

Milford High School Return to School Plan

School leadership built in time for staff members to give feedback on and poke holes in the return to school plan in order to strengthen the plan and to invest staff members who were apprehensive about returning to the school building in the plan.

January 14, 2022

IDEO Co-Designing Schools Toolkit: Phase 6 Showcase

This final phase of IDEO’s Co-Designing Schools Toolkit helps teams synthesize, reflect upon, and celebrate their work. Activities include storytelling to share insights and learnings as well as tools for engaging the broader community in conversation.

May 4, 2021

Activity: “State of…” Team Mad Lib Protocol

Teams can use this activity to story-tell and reflect on a change management and/or innovation initiative. Teams are asked to use a “mad lib” style template to share the driving problem or challenge they were trying address, the solution they piloted to test it, key learnings, and the plan forward.

The template slides include a sample prompt, an editable activity template, and an example from a district team.

May 3, 2021

Equity Task Force Slide deck

This example slide deck by Monterey Peninsula Unified School District showcases how they ran a student-led, district-wide equity task force to create programs and initiatives to advance equity across the district, especially as the community transitioned to distance learning.

April 30, 2021

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