Posts Tagged ‘A LiFT Learning Partner Story’
Building – and Finishing – the Plane While Flying It
Greater Lawrence Technical School: A LiFT Learning Partner Story As Coordinator of the STEAM Academy at Greater Lawrence Technical School (GLTS) in Andover, Massachusetts, Panagiota Athinelis has had the joy and challenge of implementing an innovative Competency-Based Education (CBE) program within an urban vocational school. Panagiota holds an EdD from Lesley University, where she researched…
Read More“What Box?” Balancing Self-Direction and Structure
Meraki High School: A LiFT Learning Partner Story Meraki High School started with an idea to create a school where kids were free to let their imagination fly and follow their passions. The founding team, concerned with the impact the industrial model of education was having on so many young people, wanted to think “so…
Read MoreThe Most Powerful Shift We Can Make
Elevate Academy: A LiFT Learning Partner Story Elevate Academy is a very different sort of Career and Technical School. As an Idaho charter school offering at-risk youth an alternative to traditional school, Elevate is based on a deceptively simple question asked by co-founder Monica White. “How do we create a system that rewards kids for…
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