Building a Virtual Program? Use These Strategies to Keep Funding in Your District.

If you’re in charge of building or planning for a virtual program in your district, you know the state policy decisions, funding idiosyncrasies, and sheer number of options are enough...
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What our ASU Prep Principals Learned About Leadership During the Pandemic.

National School Principals Month Passionate. Supportive. Inspirational. These are just a few of the words we heard from students, faculty, and staff about our hardworking team of principals. Each October, National School Principals Month is a chance for us to recognize their commitment, excellence, and leadership. It’s also an opportunity...
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Changing Hearts and Math Mindsets

When it comes to teaching math, there’s strength in numbers. Those words ring especially true for Alison Hernandez, M.Ed., ASU Prep Digital’s Professional Development Manager. She’s one of the brains behind the Arizona Virtual Teacher Institute’s (AZVTI) new Math Institute, an online professional development series designed to unite Arizona’s math...
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Quarantine Disruptions? How to Evaluate Your School’s Learning Continuity Strategy.

The 2021-2022 school year is off to a challenging start. Tens of thousands of students across the country are facing quarantine after exposure to the highly contagious delta variant of coronavirus. Many thought this school year would bring a return to normalcy. Instead, it has left many schools and districts...
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Learning Under Quarantine

This podcast is from Getting Smart. Key Points Students need access to high quality online options, no matter where they are or the state of the world.  Universities should be asking themselves what assets they can bring to their learners at whatever stage they are at in their learning journey. ...
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Digital Learning During COVID-19

This story first appeared on the PIONEER INSTITUTE. This week on “The Learning Curve,” co-host Cara Candal talks with Julie Young, ASU Vice President of Education Outreach and Student Services, and Managing Director of ASU Prep Academy and ASU Prep Digital. They discuss the implications of COVID-19’s disruption of American K-12 education...
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Prep Student Overcomes Adversity To Pursue College

An 11-year-old ASU Prep Digital student with a traumatic brain injury heals and balances college aspirations with coding, automotive repair and other extracurriculars. Jayeden Valbrun began the sixth grade a few months ago at Arizona State University Prep Digital online K-12 school. In the few months since beginning courses at...
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