First, let me point out that while you're right that I did some of my reporting for
the book at a public charter school and a private school, I reported in more depth at two traditional public schools (Fenger High in Chicago and I.S. 318 in Brooklyn).
Not exact matches
Q) You looked
at a
public charter school and a private
school for this
book, both of them institutions that are not in the mainstream of
public education.
Spurred by a team of three biology, math, and humanities teachers
at High Tech High, a
public charter school in San Diego, these diverse students — of widely mixed academic levels and socioeconomic backgrounds — created the
book as the central project of their junior year.
Now president emeritus of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Finn has co-written the
book with Bruno V. Manno, senior advisor to the Walton Family Foundation and emeritus trustee of the National Alliance for
Public Charter Schools, and Brandon Wright, who serves as the editorial director
at the Fordham Institute.
The
book includes great advice from many Aspire blended learning teachers, and shares key insights from blended learning leaders across the country, including folks
at the KIPP Foundation, Summit
Public Schools, Rocketship Education, E. L. Haynes
Public Charter School, the Alliance College - Ready
Public Schools, Cornerstone
Charter Schools (Detroit), Highline
Public Schools (Washington), Mastery
Schools and FirstLine
Schools.