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Students as Stakeholders and Co-Designers
In many ways, students are seen as primary stakeholders in Vista Unified School District's work to transform learning for equity and lifelong success.
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Setting Wildly Important Goals: From School to Classroom
Mission Vista High School in the Vista Unified School District uses Wildly Important Goals to distribute leadership and move forward with personalized learning.
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Partnering with Families for Learner Success and Wellbeing
Vista Unified helps families through school, one student at a time. They attribute their success to love and care and, simply, relationships above all.
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Learning from the Wider World: School Districts and Community Partnerships
Partnerships offer schools and districts the gift of a broader lens—of what is happening in the world, in the nation, and in the workforce that our students will enter.
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VIDA for Life: A Q&A with Vista Innovation and Design Academy
One California middle school went from near state takeover to a vibrant learning community of innovation and creativity, transforming itself with the staff and students who were already there. This is its story of transformation, as told by the school’s principal.
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