“Long-View develops thinking skills, agency, curiosity, and investment in learning. We focus on constructing robust knowledge structures and facilitating the development of conceptual understandings that promote transfer and connections. “ That’s the big picture of what we are working to do. But what does that look like on a daily basis? If Long-View is a transformative educational experience, one that is built upon a cohesive experience across weeks, months, and years, what does one day look like?
To answer these questions, we’ve put together four highlights. In each highlight, we follow one group of learners for their day at Long-View.
Before you watch these highlights that follow each band, you might be wondering about how bands are formed. Each band typically has a spread of 2-3 grade levels. Mixed-age bands allow us to let go of assumptions related to ages and grade levels and ensure all children are stretching toward the highest expectations. We have four bands, which are created in the beginning of the year and typically have color names (ex. “Indigo Band”). The band operates as a learning community across all subject areas. If you’d like to learn more about how we think about band placement, you can see our most recent blog post….
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