Knoxville’s first and only public charter school, Emerald Academy. SchoolWorks Salutes the Founding Team of Emerald Academy New state academic achievement data confirms that Emerald Academy of Knoxville, TN is making significant progress in improving student learning outcomes. SchoolWorks supported Emerald Academy... read more
SchoolWorks Contributor: Jake Schmitz The One-to-One Conundrum By definition, Personalized Learning (PL) is the administration of experiences, instructional approaches, and academic-support strategies that are intended to address the distinct learning needs, interests, aspirations, or cultural backgrounds of individual... read more
SchoolWorks Contributors Sarah Rapa and David Hartman Writing a charter school application is an immense amount of work. But the process is also an opportunity to ensure that the prospective school will be a place where students—and staff—thrive. In order to answer the application’s detailed questions, founders... read more
SchoolWorks Contributor: Kate Wheeler More Show, Less Tell Recently, SchoolWorks Director of Project Management, Kate Wheeler, following a school quality review, led an action-planning session for a team of school leaders. When the SchoolWorks team shared the findings obtained by observing classrooms, the school leaders... read more
Can impact be measured in poetry? We think so. The KIPP Successor Prep Cohort is an intensive training program that helps rising KIPP school leaders develop the skills and resources to manage change, plan for transition, develop a strategic plan, coach teachers, and manage staff performance. Since 2013 SchoolWorks... read more