The Equity Traps within Act 77: Flexible Pathways and Personalized Learning Plans
In Vermont we are actively working as a state to adopt a number of exciting and meaningful school transformation initiatives. One of these involves creating Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs) for each student, starting this year in the seventh grade, that will be a dynamic process to help guide students through multiple pathways towards their post-secondary […]
The Complexity of School Change
We talk about the education system all the time. When we do, our mental images can look like organizational flow charts representing school and district structures. Students answer to teachers, who answer to administrators, who communicate with the central office, and on up the chain of command. It‘s easy to imagine direct lines of communication, […]