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Schools Alive with Transformational Learning
Explore ISTE+ASCD Transformational Learning Principles aligning with Getting Smart Design for whole-child educational improvements.
Conclusion & Acknowledgements
Together, the strategies in this playbook form a practical roadmap for launching public microschools with purpose, clarity, and community at the center.
Implementing | Strengthen Community and Ecosystem Partnerships
Microschools thrive when they are deeply rooted in the communities they serve. Whether located in a neighborhood library, partnering with a local business, or engaging families in school design, public microschools are most powerful when they act as part of a broader learning ecosystem.
Implementing | Support Educators and Ongoing Professional Learning
The success of a microschool depends heavily on the people leading learning every day. Educators in microschools take on a wide range of responsibilities.
Designing | Design Your School Structures
Creating your unique identity as a microschool and developing key school structures that enable learner-centered learning can drive what makes your microschool special and how it will contribute to scaling learner-centered practices within your system.
Public Microschool Playbook
At this pivotal moment in American education, public microschools provide a transformative approach to meet the evolving needs of learners and the rapidly changing demands of the workforce.
Lifelong Learning as Abundant Learning
Explore how expanding education systems to serve all ages can transform funding and foster abundant, lifelong learning.
How can we reimagine where learning happens? Designing schools as community hubs within a personalized ecosystem
Exploring schools as community hubs, integrating real-world and digital resources for a personalized learning ecosystem.
Students Aren’t Coming to School – Here’s What We Can Do About It
Understanding student stories can address absenteeism. Engage families, build community partnerships, and listen for effective solutions.
The Public Microschool Playbook
The Public Microschool Playbook A comprehensive, action-oriented guide co-created by Getting Smart Collective, Learner-Centered Collaborative, and Transcend to help system leaders design, launch, and sustain public microschools. Public microschools are emerging as a transformative strategy for school systems seeking to…
