Updates

=Mike's Updates to the Advisory Board=

September 25, 2007
We’ve been working hard all summer to get ready for Phase 2 Implementation at the Academy School in Buffalo. This includes the following:
 * creating more real world learning units,
 * working on an alternative policy of academic progression (one based on “hours logged” and “standards met” instead of seat time in courses),
 * identifying and implementing new tools to support the work,
 * conducting training,
 * hiring new staff,
 * creating a new daily schedule,
 * working on developing new school projects, and
 * updating the Schools We Need Web site.

You can learn much more about the program at the website: http://schoolsweneed.wikispaces.com/

You may be especially interested in the Lessons Learned Page (which will continue to be added to!): http://schoolsweneed.wikispaces.com/Lessons+from+the+Schools+We+Need+Project (If you want to track any new lessons learned when they are added, please click on the “Notify Me” tab near the top of the window and follow the directions.)