Giving Compass' Take:

• Kristen Watkins The Learning Accelerator goes over 3 lessons her and her colleagues have learned from school redesign which highlight collaborative and data-driven efforts. 

• How do social-emotional and project-based learning factor in? What can other schools across the country learn from Dallas?

• Learn why it is necessary to include teachers in school redesign. 


“How might we redesign school to better meet the needs of each student?” We posed this question to educators in the Dallas Independent School District back in 2014 with the hope of bringing together like-minded educators who wanted to redefine what’s possible for students and teachers in a large, urban district. This question still continues to stump us every day, but five years later, I’m confident that we’re getting closer to finding a solution.

Three lessons we have learned on this journey:

  1. Personalized learning is an instructional strategy, not a type of school.
  2. It’s crucial to establish a common language to talk about personalized learning.
  3. We are stronger together.

Read the full article about lessons learned from school redesign by Kristen Watkins at The Learning Accelerator