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Student Tour Guides Take Viewers on a Tour of Vermont Academy

Vermont Academy is a 1:1 tablet school with students using tablet computers in classrooms, throughout the curriculum, and in most of their academic lives. Sophie and Julia show viewers that VA is far more than technology. VA is very much about its connection to the school’s surroundings and its people. Getting outside whether through an [...]

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Thinking About Ted Sizer

Ted Sizer died this past Wednesday. Though I never met or studied with him, I never cease to marvel at how much the policies, techniques, and thinking that he published and advocated over the years have become part of our daily approaches and school routines- from writing with teacher feedback, to flexible scheduling, to building [...]

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