Brainstorm: What would your “perfect” 2E school look like?

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Anonymous wrote:We didn't find it in DC so we left. We're at a small non-profit school in the midwest that we absolutely love and our child is thriving.

Please tell us where you went! I would move for this.

++1 I would also move for this. Where is this school?!

+1 I was also going to ask! We're moving to the Midwest and would be thrilled if this school happened to be near our new location (recognizing that "the Midwest" is huge).

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Bridges Academy in Los Angeles. 2e college preparatory day school for grades 4-12. Now has another location in Seattle, online courses for 2e students, and a graduate program for educators in 2e.

https://bridges.edu/

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I think it would look a lot like Lab and Commonwealth but the academics would be souped up.

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Does it have to be a whole school? I think the nice thing about the 2E program in MCPS is that it's part of a larger school but the kids get extra support.
It would be great to be able to expand that program across more public high schools.

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I'm sure I'll be outside the norm here, but I wish my 2E dyslexic kid with ADHD, now at Siena for his dyslexia, could get more more more in the way of content. He gobbles up anything about his main interests but is much more interested in the news, prehistory, technology--everything--than his straight-A sibling. I wish that in slowing things down for everyone to absorb it, he could still get the deep dive that kids at more rigorous schools supposedly get, but without the need to READ to absorb it all, and without the need to write about everything and answer questions about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We didn't find it in DC so we left. We're at a small non-profit school in the midwest that we absolutely love and our child is thriving.

Please tell us where you went! I would move for this.

++1 I would also move for this. Where is this school?!

+1 I was also going to ask! We're moving to the Midwest and would be thrilled if this school happened to be near our new location (recognizing that "the Midwest" is huge).

We tried Iowa and it’s HORRIBLE.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it would look a lot like Lab and Commonwealth but the academics would be souped up.

I would lov3 a math and science based LAB instead of an arts based one.

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Anonymous wrote:A ton of structure, but an understanding vibe, and absolutely zero use of screens (except for kids who need assistive tech).

x1 billion

Lots of structure and coaching with growth mindset

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Anonymous wrote:Structured, explicit reading instruction from phonics to morphology to vocabulary and comprehension of advanced level texts

Structured, explicit writing instruction from the sentence level all the way to advanced writing, and the necessary EF supports for students who need them

Unstuck and On Target training for all classroom teachers (not just the odd Special Ed teacher who isn't in the room with students daily)

Yup. For core subjects, math and ELA, very small group work. Like 2-3 kids.