“I Saw The Future and It Works”: A Visit to a Hybrid School
The quote in the title ran through my mind as I spent a morning in the Learning Lab and one classroom at ahybrid elementary school (K-5) in San Jose (CA). With about 500 mostly Latino and low-income students chosen through a lottery, Los Suenos is a Rocketship charter school, in a rapidly expanding network of hybrid schools in California and across the nation.
With an extended school day beginning 7:55AM and ending at 4:00, a staff of 16 certificated teachers, 8 Learning Lab specialists, and parents who are expected to volunteer 30 hours during the school year work, a band of adults work closely with kindergartners through 5th graders. Each child has an individual education plan.