Newport News Virtual Learning Academy, a virtual school based in Virginia, serves 467 grade 1-12 students. They describe their middle- and high-school instructional program as a hybrid model with asynchronous classes, dedicated online office hours, in-person support time, and in-person extracurricular activities and clubs.
Through their participation in TLA’s Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Plymouth-Canton Community Schools’ Virtual Academy designed and piloted a program that would help middle-school students intentionally work toward mastery.
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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.”
This list of research references accompanies The Learning Accelerator (TLA)’s Insight on Student Engagement in Virtual and Hybrid Learning.
Through their participation in TLA’s Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, KIPP DC designed and piloted a program to help teachers implement best practices for effective virtual instruction that would encourage students to attend class, participate in activities, and submit required assignments.
Through their participation in TLA’s Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, KJ Virtual Academy designed a pilot program that outlined common expectations for student behavior and engagement in synchronous classes to increase engagement and produce higher academic outcomes.
Through their participation in TLA’s Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, NYC School Without Walls designed and piloted a program that increased communication with students and families, and created connections between class-based lessons and hands-on, fieldwork activities.
Cabarrus Virtual Academy designed and piloted a project-based learning (PBL) lesson for middle-school students to provide them with critical opportunities to socially interact with peers while also empowering them in their learning.
Cabarrus Virtual Academy, a hybrid school based in North Carolina serving 300 K-12 students, describes their instructional model as a combination of virtual and in-person instruction.
