Menlo Park School District Announces Partnership With AltSchool

MENLO PARK, CA -- San Francisco-based education company AltSchool announced this week the addition of Menlo Park City School District as the first public school district partner to utilize AltSchool’s teacher-built and student-driven learning platform.

AltSchool is a mission-driven organization that believes deeply in learner-centered education delivered by exceptional teachers and supported by innovative new technology.

“Our goal is to accelerate learning by developing a platform driven by educators to aid teachers who believe that personalized education is critical for student success,” said Devin Vodicka, chief impact and academic officer. “By having teachers work hand-in-hand with our engineers and designers, AltSchool’s platform enables powerful personalized education for students with technology assisting all aspects of planning, teaching, and assessing student progress.”

The AltSchool Platform supports:

• Lesson planning or inputting existing curriculum
• Developing individual assignments for students
• Capturing evidence of learning (including hands-on experiences)
• Assessing and providing feedback
• Understanding individual, classroom, and schoolwide progress
• Emphasizing social emotional learning in parallel with academic growth
• Two-way communications with parents

The Menlo Park City School District is a nationally renowned public school district serving students from kindergarten through 8th grade at three elementary schools and one middle school. The district has received the national Blue Ribbon award, as well as various California Distinguished School awards.

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