Public Resources

Are you ready to reimagine public school? The following resources will help you begin or dive deeper into a variety of topics focused on student-centered learning. By utilizing the technology and resources available, you can redesign “school” for your students.

Websites

Below are websites that contain research, articles, podcasts, and more that will challenge your thinking of what public education could be.

Learner-Centered Collaborative - Helping to create learner-centered ecosystems.
FullScale – A leading advocate for transforming learning.
Education Reimagined – A growing community dedicated to transforming education in America.
Christensen Institute – Research to support student-centered designs.
Class Disrupted – Podcast by Diane Tavenner and Michael Horn on transforming education topics
Getting Smart – Articles and podcasts highlighting education innovation.
Modern Classrooms Project - Transform your classroom through blended instruction, self-paced structures, and mastery-based learning.

Books

The books below will challenge your thinking about how we “do” public education and inspire you to take action to change. There are so many more that could be added to this list! Great for PLCs and other district professional learning.

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns, Clayton Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, Michael B. Horn, 2008
Delivering on the Promise: The Education Revolution, Richard A. DeLorenzo, Wendy J. Battino, Rick M. Schreiber, Barbara B. Gaddy Carrio, 2009
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon Sinek, 2009
Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning, Charles Schwahn and Beatrice McGarvey, 2012
Off the Clock: Moving Education From Time to Competency, Fred Bramante and Rose Colby, 2012
Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools, Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker, 2015
Learn Like a Pirate: Empower Your Students to Collaborate, Lead, and Succeed, Paul Solarz, 2015
The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness, Todd Rose, 2015
Beyond Reform: Systemic Shifts Toward Personalized Learning -Shift from a Traditional Time-Based Education System to a Learner-Centered Performance-Based System, Lindsay Unified School District, 2017
Competency-Based Education: A New Architecture for K-12 Schooling, Rose L. Colby, 2017
Better Together: How to Leverage School Networks For Smarter Personalized and Project Based Learning, Tom Vander Ark, Lydia Dobyns, 2018
The NEW School Rules: 6 Vital Practices for Thriving and Responsive Schools, Anthony Kim, 2018
What School Could Be, Ted Dintersmith, 2018
Deeper Competency-Based Learning: Making Equitable, Student-Centered, Sustainable Shifts, Karin J. Hess, Rose L. Colby, Daniel A. Joseph, 2020
The Power of Student Agency: Looking Beyond Grit to Close the Opportunity Gap, Anindya Kundu, 2020
From Reopen to Reinvent, Michael B Horn, 2022
A New Kind of Diversity, Tim Elmore, 2022

Companies

The following companies offer resources, tools, and information that support student-centered learning. Companies may offer a variety of products and services in addition to the category listed. Some have free resources, some are fee-based, and some offer both. This is not an exhaustive list, but companies we have connected with or who have been recommended to us.

Transforming Education Systems

2Revolutions
Great Schools Partnership
KnowledgeWorks
Student Achievement Systems
reDesign

LSM, Online Curriculum, and Support

Accelerate Education
Agilix
BookShark Virtual
Carnegie Learning
Cisco Networking Academy
DreamBox
Imagine Edgenuity
Edmentum
eDynamic Learning
Fast ForWord (reading intervention)
Florida Virtual
itslearning
IXL
Lincoln Learning Solutions
Michigan Virtual
Pearson
Savvas
Pulse
Shmoop
Waterford.org