Partial list of favorite high schools

A friend asked me for a list of the best schools to visit. Here’s some of my favorite high schools, each with unique attributes and benefits:

Great applied STEM (diverse but moderately low poverty)

· High Tech High , San Diego

· Denver School of Science & Technology

Blended: applied STEM + online (diverse moderate poverty)

· NYC iSchool (eSchoolNews summary), only 9^th grade but good early example of blending applied and online learning

High poverty, International Baccalaureate

· Uplift Education , Dallas TX

· IDEA Public Schools , Rio Grande valley

High performing, low income, and replicating

· Any KIPP

· Bronx Lab, best of the ISA network

High performing, interesting (but a little selective)

· Match Charter Public School, Boston, MatchCorp: residential tutors

· Boston Arts (or Fenway next door, flagships of CES network)

Alternative/Personalized

· Maya Angelou, DC (See Forever Foundation)

· Seed Academy, DC, a residential school (should have one in every urban area)

· Big Picture (flagship in Providence) and cousins Envision and BAEO

· Kunskapsskolan (personalized Swedish network)

High performing private, good EdTech example

· Cary academy

What did I miss?

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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