In this episode, Alec Patton talks to math teachers Sunny Chan and Sandy Tu, and improvement coach Amanda Meyer, about Fremont High School's remarkable success at improving ninth-grade on track.

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Amanda is going to be talking about her work on ninth-grade on track in Oakland at the National Summit for Improvement in Education. It'll be like experiencing this podcast episode in 3D! Book now so you don't miss out!

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• The Gradebook Review protocol used in the Breakthrough Success Collaborative was adapted from High Tech High Graduate School of Education's CARE Network.

• The Gradebook Audit protocol mentioned in the episode was co-developed between educators in Oakland Unified and the Breakthrough Success Community

• To learn more about the Breakthrough Success Community and how to join, visit https://www.btsc.coredistricts.org/

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Alec Patton talks to teacher High School teacher Karen Shaffran and student Alegria Vargas about how their class created a socially conscious cosmetics business, featuring products made from plants grown hydroponically in a storage room!

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Listen to our podcast miniseries about Cheltenham High School's PBL program here

See photos from the PBL Farmacy Project here

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Alec Patton talks to Tammy Unck, Maria Smith, and Uchenna Lewis about Bernal Intermediate School's work with part Partners in School Innovation on improving outcomes for multilingual learners, using techniques such as "shadow a student" and elements of the AVID curriculum.

The result was remarkable: During the 2022-2023 school year, Bernal achieved a 250% increase in the rate of multilingual learners reclassified to fluent English proficient status!

Check out Ivannia Soto's Shadowing Multilingual Learners**

Also Tan Huynh and Beth Skelton's Long-Term Success for Experienced Multilinguals* *

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Check out this Blog Post from Partners in School Innovation with resources for student shadowing and so much more!

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