Redmond, Scappoose and Beaverton are national pioneers in credit - for - proficiency models that allow students to earn credits based on what they know rather than how long they've sat in class. (wacharterschools.org)
With national pioneers of art and culture that hold sway over important media and mediums coming together to celebrate open and diverse sexualities, the signals of a main stream shift are well underway. (candidmagazine.com)
So when KIPP in the 2008 - 09 school year shifted gears from a goal of ensuring all its graduates got into college to ensuring they got through college, all three networks moved in the same direction — and became national pioneers. (kipp.org)