Our Partner Network
Our diverse and growing community of partners spans public, private, charter, urban, and suburban settings across 30+ states. Over the past five years our team has supported nearly 150 partners, impacting one million learners and counting.
Hear from Our Partners
Gain insight into our partners’ journeys to learner-centered education. Schools and districts from across our network reveal how they approached the work, share best practices and lessons learned, and offer examples of learner-centered education in action.
Embark Education: Rethinking Middle School Through Embedded, Integrated, and Learner-Centered Education
This micro middle-school, embedded in two small businesses, was designed with learners at the center and is an exemplar of what’s possible in learner-centered education. Learn how their design pillars, scheduling model, learner profile, competencies, assessment practices, and demonstrations of learning have evolved to form a powerful, learner-centered, student-driven middle school learning experience.
Forsyth County Schools: Fostering Learner Agency in a 3rd Grade Classroom
There are many powerful examples of teachers incorporating learner agency into their instructional frameworks. See how a 3rd grade teacher in at Vickery Elementary in Forsyth County Schools in Georgia grounds learning in choice and ownership.
Logan County Schools: Creating and Realizing a Profile of Success Throughout a District
See how Logan County Schools have been realizing their vision to “Prepare all learners for life's journey.”
Hawaii Public Charter Schools: Collaborating to Scale and Sustain Competency-Based Learning
Brought together by a shared vision to create a more expansive student transcript reflecting whole child learning, charter schools in Hawaii offer a glimpse into their process—from vision to implementation.
El Segundo Unified School District: Realizing Personalized, Student-Centered Learning
The El Segundo Unified School District (ESUSD) embraces innovative practice for student growth and empowerment. The District motto, Transforming Education for a Changing World, highlights a focus on the true transformation needed for students to be successful in a vastly different world than previously known. A member of the prestigious League of Innovative Schools, ESUSD is constantly seeking to learn, grow, and improve their practices to be a leader in education innovation.
Mount Vernon School: Making Project, Community, and Competency-Based Learning Visible
Inquiry, innovation, and impact are the three tenets of Mount Vernon School. Their goal is to prepare students to become engaged citizen leaders who are eager to make their impact on the world. Using human-centered design thinking as a guide, Mount Vernon fosters a learner-centered culture where students are encouraged to ask questions, find unique solutions to problems, and take agency over their learning.
Wooster School: A Competency-Based Chemistry Classroom
Founded in 1926, Wooster School has a long history of putting students and their learning at the center of all that they do. As a member of the Mastery Transcript Consortium, Wooster is among a number of forward-thinking schools collaborating to create a high school transcript that reflects the unique skills, strengths, and interests of each learner. Committed to making learning personal, meaningful, visible, and fun, Wooster is using the Altitude Learning platform to facilitate their continued progress towards more learner-centered, competency-based education.
Space of Mind: Measuring What Matters in the Classroom
Space of Mind (SOM) offers K-12 students an experiential learning experience designed for our modern, social world. Their staff of educators, called “coaches,” provide a creative, flexible, and personalized educational environment that fosters social, emotional, and academic growth for all learners. Elevating their theme-centered and project-based approach to learning, the Altitude Learning platform enables SOM students and coaches to capture all forms of learning and track individual progress toward standards, competencies, and individualized goals.
Odyssey STEM Academy: Learning Beyond School Walls
How is this non-charter, urban public high school empowering deep learning for its students?
