Welcome to Reimagined Schools!

Our Learning Progression Model is an approach to teaching and learning that de-emphasizes the role of grades, provides access to learners of all abilities, and shifts the focus back to the acquisition of knowledge and transferable skills.

We want to provide access to our resources, investigate new approaches to answer pressing questions in the field of education, and develop a community of like-minded educators.

Please explore the website!                                                                                    Contact us with your questions, thoughts, and ideas about teaching.

We believe that all students can learn and grow given enough time and support.

Teaching is unique in that content knowledge cannot simply be transferred to others. Children (people) are individuals, each with their own needs, dispositions, strengths, and personalities. Some have significant challenges and obstacles to learning.  Regardless of where they live and what their backgrounds are, they are dealing with academic, social, family, and identity issues highly tied to their developmental stages. How can we provide enough time, support, and practice? How do we ground that practice in measurable and attainable learning outcomes? 

Our Philosophy

We want to foster creativity, growth, and individuality.

This is accomplished through a research-backed, strengths-based approach that is designed to identify and communicate concrete and measurable progress towards these goals. While there are many ways to do this, we have developed a method that is easy to implement and universally applicable. 

Have you heard?

I honestly wasn't sure what to expect or how David and Elise were going to help us all in one zoom call, but I truly got so much out of it! Lots of great feedback and insight, not just for our project, but for me to apply in my classroom too. Elise and David were so approachable and made it easy to talk to and ask questions. I hope future classes get to have time with them as well. Thanks again!

Capri

Graduate Student, NJCU
“As a group we believe that this method is beneficial for students. The assessments are focused, and the feedback provided by teachers is consistent which allows for higher student achievement.”

Anonymous

NJCU Graduate Student
I think that this grading system is a more accurate grading of how an actual student performs. I do because instead of focusing only on grades, it really tests the actual capabilities of the actual student, not only relying on grades but actual participation and understanding of the topic.

High School Junior

Physics Student
This guide changed every thing for me. My Social Studies colleagues agreed to join me as my PHysics colleague and I tried to figure out how to do this in our school. Enjoy!

Jill Kennedy

@TG2Chat
Great read. As a parent, this is the type of mindset I want for my children's classes. I love the fact that it's written from the perspective of practitioners who are "in the trenches". The concepts seem written so that they can be implemented clearly and there are a ton of practical takeaways. Hopefully these ideas gain some traction! I know I'll recommend this to my child's district leaders.

DB

Amazon Review of "Going Gradeless"
Just finished this...or should i say "devoured this"!? Got it Tuesday and just finished it! it's practical and inspiring & helps to paint a picture of possibility that that other texts don't.@DavidFrangiosa $ Elise burns are selfless in their approach to empowering colleagues

Dr. Kathryn Suk

Finished reading the @DavidFrangiosa book Gooing Gradeless. Fabulous! This is where we should be going as teachers . Now to starting applying it. I'm hoping it wont take me too long since I was trying to head this way already.Might need to reach out for guidance later...

Ryan Gutsch

Just finished reading the @DavidFrangiosa & @PhysicsBurns new book "Going Gradeless"; it is an amazing reflection and discourse on their journey to more effective teaching thoughts more effective assessment practices. Put it on your reading list! #GLAM

Barry Bachenheimer

GOING GRADELESS by Elise Burns and @DavidFrangiosa was excellently done, full of instantly-implementable tips and rubrics and a thought explanation of benefits, costs and their process.

Jay Adams

Thank you @DavidFrangiosa for taking time to talk to the #TeachBetter ambassadors today! I really took a look from his book Going Gradeless, Grades 6-12: Shifting the focus to student learning amazon.com/dp/1071837540. .

Mike Szczepanik

First course with it just finished a it was encouraging to say the least. Quality of work increased but more importantly student feedback indicated they became more independent learners. And gave me feedback to improve the GG process

Jill Kennedy

CEO
This guide changed everything for me. My Social Studies colleagues agreed to join me as my Physics colleague and | tried to figure out how to do this in our school. Enjoy! There’s an army of support out there for us @TG2Chat !

John Doe

    Our Courses are designed for teachers who want to develop and implement the Learning Progression Model.

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