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The School Principal as Change Agent
By Matt Doyle, Interim Superintendent, Vista Unified and Gerri Burton, New Learning Ventures True transformation in a school district, the kind that sticks and disrupts standard operating procedures, is fueled by school principals. It is [...]
Talent Cities: A New Public-Private Partnership for Middle School
In previous blog posts, we have provided an overview of the three brushstrokes that guide our work at Vista Unified. In this post, we focus on the third brushstroke, making a Relevant connection to the [...]
5 Lessons from Implementing Personal Learning
By Matt Doyle, Interim Superintendent, Vista Unified and Gerri Burton, New Learning Ventures In this blog post, we focus on perhaps the most important of Vista Unified’s Three Brushstrokes, Personal Learning. The transformation to Personal [...]
Vista Unified’s P-3 Continuum: Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Opens
By Dr. Matt Doyle, Interim Superintendent, Vista Unified School District, Laura Kohn, Director, Center for Local Income Mobility (CLIMB) at San Diego Workforce Partnership and Gerri Burton, New Learning Ventures In recent blog posts, we [...]
School Transformation in Three Broad Brush Strokes: Early, Personal and Relevant!
By Matt Doyle, Ed.D., Interim Superintendent of Vista Unified School District and Gerri Burton, CEO, New Learning Ventures. In our most recent blog post, we promised to introduce the bookends of Vista Unified's great transformative [...]
Vista Unified Sets Sights on Personal Learning 2.0: Powerful Performance Frameworks
This post originally appeared on Next Gen Learning in Action on Education Week. By Matt Doyle & Gerri Burton At Vista Unified, we are beginning the process of implementing Personal Learning 2.0. Personal Learning 2.0 [...]