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At South Lake Middle School, care gets a place on the timetable
Two 42-minute periods reveal how this Irvine public school makes room for academic help, emotional support and new interests. The shark mascot has surprisingly gentle house rules.
At Standard Middle School, belonging has a lunch period
A Bakersfield public school made weekly lunches part of its approach to inclusion. The revealing detail is how much preparation went into something as ordinary as sitting together.
Santa Teresita School Runs on Faith - and a Network of Helping Hands
At this Boyle Heights Catholic school, education is a shared undertaking. Alumni raise money, outside partners bring art and music, and tuition assistance helps families get through the door.
Fusion Academy
Fusion Academy built a national private-school network around an expensive, deceptively simple promise: one student, one teacher, one class at a time. The result is school recast as a bespoke service - flexible enough for a teenager's life, and intimate enough for a teacher to notice when the lesson is not landing.