Distinct by Design


My Hogwarts Had No Magic Wands, Just Great Teachers 

By Kalen Allen, Digital Creator and Television Personality I turned 30 this year, and for some reason it made me look backward. Not because I wanted to live in the past, but because I wanted to understand how I became who I am. When I ask myself what shaped me, what steadied me, and what […]

Discovering Your Future: Choice and Innovation at Springfield Public Schools

New Member Spotlight As the largest school district in Missouri, Springfield Public Schools (SPS) proudly embraces our identity as the District of Choice in the state. To best serve our 24,000+ students, our priority is to ensure every child can personalize their learning path, which will spark their curiosity, inspire their learning, and help them […]

Effective School Choice: Innovations within Public Schools

Authors: Dr. Linh Dang, Senior Policy Specialist, Education Policy and Implementation Center; and Dave Greenberg, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Professional Excellence, National Education Association Public education has taken a barrage as of late, as is evident from the endless stream of court cases pertaining to religious charters, declining student enrollment, the dismantling of the […]

Project Design as Playful as a Kaleidoscope

By Nuvia C. Ruland, Director of Professional Learning Team, High Tech High Graduate School of Education  Created by High Tech High teachers for all educators, the Kaleidoscope for Deeper Learning is a framework to design, reflect, and evaluate Project-Based Learning (PBL) units. High Tech High Graduate School of Education (HTH GSE) integrates the Kaleidoscope into […]

Magnet Schools by Design: Preparing Students for a Future That Is Already Here 

A magnet theme isn’t decoration. Designed with intent, it becomes one of the most powerful tools public education has for building schools ready for a future that has already arrived.  By Dr. Baron R. Davis, Superintendent in Residence, MSA Education has been preparing students for “the future” for as long as I have been in […]


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