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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Logan Dubin, eighth grader at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona. MESA, Ariz. But he doesn’t like it.

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Middle school’s moment: What the science tells us about improving the middle grades

The Hechinger Report

The school has been held up as a national model by researchers at MIT and the University of Virginia, which is studying how to better align middle school with the developmental needs of adolescents. Over the last 20 years, scientists have learned a lot about how the adolescent brain works and what motivates middle schoolers.