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Community Lab School

Community Lab School, nominated by EdSurge and an anonymous organization, is a middle/high school in Charlottesville, Virginia that describes itself as a public district school serving learners from a primarily urban/rural/suburban area.

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Why Community Lab School was nominated

They're doing remarkable work bringing elements of play into curriculum in meaningful ways. They're working with MIT's Playful Assessment team to rethink how to measure student growth and partnering with MakerEd to bring making and play to life at their school (https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-12-11-how-playful-assessment-unseated-standardized-tests-at-one-school). The school has been around for 10 years but recently reopened with a new staff and model. The school provides an innovative learning environment, using the arts, to help children in grades six through eight balance individual strengths and developmental needs to develop the whole child intellectually, emotionally, physically and socially. With Choice Theory as our philosophical base, we strive to help students gain more responsibility for their social-emotional lives and in their academics. Seeking to serve students at risk of not succeeding in school, we foster the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind necessary to close student achievement gaps in math and reading literacy and provide a community of engaged learners and participatory citizens.