Challenge 59 uses dance as a vehicle for embodied learning about health and wellbeing - physically, emotionally and socially, empowering participants and equipping teachers. We use film as a tool to a…
How an Innovative German School Turns Education Upside Down
"...there are no grades until students turn 15, no timetables and no lecture-style instructions. The pupils decide which subjects they want to study for each lesson and when they want to take an exam …
Delta's Farm Roots Mini School receives national innovation award
Delta School District’s Farm Roots Mini School has been recognized with a national innovation award. Last week the Farm Roots program received the Ken Spencer Award for Innovation in Teaching and. . .
How Does It Work? Farm Roots students go to the Mini School Campus in Boundary Bay (6570 1A Avenue, Delta) every second day and their regular high schools on the other days. Students on the farm come …
Our commitment is to foster a safe and inspiring learning environment centered on goals that are relevant to "one student at a time." Our approach of authentic learning is based on meaningful relation…
Dr. Montessori originally developed her pedagogical approach for low-income children in Rome. Unfortunately, in the U.S., the Montessori model was largely relegated to private schools. However, the sp…
After nearly a year of construction delays, Silver Summit Academy is open
At the Silver Summit Academy, the tables and chairs are in place, lessons are uploaded on the students’ online accounts and they are starting to walk through the doors.
If you don’t know what a ‘community school’ is, you should. Take a look at this one.
This charter school in New York City commits 50 percent of its enrollment slots to students who are or have been homeless, transitionally housed or in the child welfare system.
Basic Profile Autonomies Determine learning program Determine professional development Transfer or terminate colleagues Determine whether to take, when to take, how much to count district/EMO/authoriz…