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School of One and Technology-Enabled Differentiated Instruction

Mickey MuldoonJonathan Skolnick

School of OneNYC Department of Education

New York, NYmmuldoon2@schools.nyc.gov

jskolnick@schools.nyc.gov

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The “system” as a self-preserving atmosphere: any reform must be extremely strong and well-engineered to “break through”

First, an “old” technology example …

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•Middle School Math: Grades 6-8

•3 NYC public middle schools

•~1500 kids

•Fourth phase of development•Summer school pilot•After school pilot•In-school pilot•Full time in-school

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Insight and Innovation for Technology LeadersOctober 22, 2010,

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Insight and Innovation for Technology LeadersOctober 22, 2010,

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Key Features: Pedagogy

•Fine-grained skill map

•Team and section organization

•Daily assessment

•Long-term projects

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Key Features: Technology

•Skill and progress tracking

•Student and teacher portal

•Single sign-on for 17 digital providers

•Full-time tech team to optimize scheduling

and do daily analytics

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Insight and Innovation for Technology LeadersOctober 22, 2010,

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234.8

225.2 226.9

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221.2220.4

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Feb '10 May '10 June '10

K228 So1 x 2(Both In and After School; n=33)

K228 So1 x 1(So1 In School Only; n=76)

M131 & X339 So1 x 1(So1 Afterschool Only; n=58)

M131 & X339 So1 x 0(No So1; n=76)

Gains Feb-May May–June Feb-June (Afterschool) (In School) So1x2: + 4.2 pts. + 1.5 pts. +5.7 pts.So1x1 (In School): + 1.8 pts. +1.3 pts. +3.1 pts.So1x1 (Afterschool) + 3.4 pts. - 1.8 pts. +1.6 pts. So1x0 + 1.9 pts. - 0.8 pts. +0.8 ptsAverage Student + 1.5 pts. +0.5 pts + 2.0 pts.

*Data included for: Afterschool So1 Students with 70% or higher attendance, Students without Negative Growth between Feb and May or May and June, Students not in the bottom 5% at any time point

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No So1

No So1

No So1

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RIT SCORES

Results

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Strengths and Weaknesses

ComplexityCost

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Insight and Innovation for Technology LeadersOctober 22, 2010,

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School of One Timeline

• Early-Mid 2008 – Joel Rose writes grant proposal explaining the School of One vision for transforming education

• Winter 2008/9 – With funding from Cisco and time/support from the DOE, Joel works with Wireless Generation and Parthenon to flesh out School of One

• Spring 2009 – Team of ~ 12 creates the School of One pilot

• Summer 2009 – School of One pilot at one middle school

• Fall 2009 – Site selection, fundrasing, and program revisions

• Winter 2009 – After-school program at three schools followed by in-school program at one school

• Now – In-school program at three schools

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Lessons for Leaders

• Jump into the pool with one clear focus

• Keep teams small and execution-oriented

• Be clear on what you are and aren’t solving for

• Set expectations early with all stakeholders

• Know your staff well – details matter and they build trust

• Give innovators air cover

• You can’t train, you can prepare and orient (OODA loop)