Specialized Schools

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School & District Management Opinion What It Takes to Reinvent High School
How can district leaders launch innovative and successful schools?
Rick Hess, December 7, 2023
6 min read
Student Well-Being Video How This Public School Serves Students Recovering From Addiction
Here’s how this public high school provides support for students recovering from drug and alcohol addiction.
Kaylee Domzalski & Lauren Santucci, November 9, 2023
3:44
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School Choice & Charters Opinion A School Without Bells or Report Cards. Can It Fly?
Students at one private school earn "learning credits" rather than traditional grades. What does that look like?
Rick Hess, September 14, 2023
8 min read
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School & District Management Opinion Custom-Built for Student-Athletes, This School Emphasizes Both
A private school that believes sports, academics, and personal development go hand-in-hand explains how they do it.
Rick Hess, August 24, 2023
8 min read
Classroom Technology These Educators Launched One of the First AI-Themed High Schools. Here's How It's Going
Seckinger High School near Atlanta infuses artificial intelligence into nearly every subject.
Alyson Klein, July 24, 2023
2 min read
Students in the online blended learning class at the ALLIES School in Colorado Springs, Colo., work with programs like ST Math and Lexia, both created for students with dyslexia, on April 7, 2023.
Students in the online blended learning class at the ALLIES School in Colorado Springs, Colo., work with programs like ST Math and Lexia, both created for students with dyslexia, on April 7, 2023.
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Special Education Video Building Effective Classrooms for Students With Dyslexia
Approaches and advice to create a positive K-12 experience for students with dyslexia.
July 17, 2023
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Special Education Video How This Public School Meets the Needs of Students With Dyslexia
All students at this Colorado Springs public school have dyslexia. Here’s how the school is making their education a positive experience.
Jaclyn Borowski , June 28, 2023
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Students in the hiking club take an early morning walk around the Odyssey School grounds with Outreach Program Coordinator Kate McElderry, who leads the club, before the start of the school day on March 30, 2023.
Students in a hiking club take an early morning walk around the Odyssey School grounds in Lutherville, Md., with Outreach Program Coordinator Kate McElderry, before the start of the school day on March 30, 2023.
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Special Education Schools for Students With Dyslexia Also Promote Social Emotional Resilience. Here's How
Superstar guests, taekwondo lessons, and other offerings give dyslexic students hope and confidence.
Elizabeth Heubeck, June 14, 2023
4 min read
Students in the online blended learning class at the ALLIES School in Colorado Springs, Colo., work with programs like ST Math and Lexia, both created for students with dyslexia, on April 7, 2023.
Students in the online blended learning class at the ALLIES School in Colorado Springs, Colo., work with programs like ST Math and Lexia, both created for students with dyslexia, on April 7, 2023.
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Special Education New Type of Public Schools Specialize in Teaching Students With Dyslexia
The schools are designed to provide the more intensive literacy supports many of these students require.
Elizabeth Heubeck, June 12, 2023
7 min read
Students in the hiking club explore during an early morning walk around the campus before the start of the school day on March 30, 2023.
Students in the hiking club explore during an early morning walk around the campus before the start of the school day on March 30, 2023.
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Special Education Photos A Day in the Life of a School Designed to Support Students With Dyslexia
An independent school uses art and movement to set students with learning differences up for success.
Jaclyn Borowski , June 7, 2023
1 min read
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School Choice & Charters Opinion What the Heck Are Microschools?
Microschooling aims to create a more active learning environment for students than what's found in traditional school systems.
Rick Hess, May 31, 2023
7 min read
Bella Cruz, 9, feeds a goat named S’mores at Hoggard Math & Science Magnet Elementary School in Las Vegas on April 25, 2023. The school has an urban farm and an animal lab where students care for and learn about more than a dozen different kinds of animals.
Bella Cruz, 9, feeds a goat named S’mores at Hoggard Math & Science Magnet Elementary School in Las Vegas on April 25, 2023. The school has an urban farm and an animal lab where students care for and learn about more than a dozen different kinds of animals.
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School & District Management Goats at School? More Than 150 Animals Live on This Elementary School’s Campus
This popular magnet school has an out-of-the-ordinary offering: an animal lab.
Julie Wootton-Greener, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 2, 2023
3 min read
Jared Ebersole teaches students how to build a skateboard at Synergy at Mineola High School in Mineola, N.Y., March 13, 2023.
Local entrepreneur Jared Ebersole teaches students how to build skateboards in the Synergy program at Mineola High School in Mineola, N.Y., on March 13, 2023. The skateboard lessons teach students physics concepts.
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School & District Management What Happened When a District Decided to 'Mess With High School'
Synergy at Mineola High School feels more like a tech startup than a high school. And in many ways, it is.
Alyson Klein, March 27, 2023
12 min read
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School & District Management What the Research Says The Changing Picture of School Leadership, in Charts
A look at how the school leadership workforce is evolving.
Sarah D. Sparks, December 14, 2022
1 min read