Schools Organized for Every Student’s Success
Each Edison district partnership school site consists of small, flexible schools-within-a-school, called academies.
A K–5 partnership school consists of a Primary Academy for students in grades K–2 and an Elementary Academy for grades 3–5. Higher grades are organized into a Junior Academy (grades 6–8), a Senior Academy (grades 9 and 10), and a Collegiate Academy (grades 11 and 12). Within academies, students are organized into multi-grade houses of 100 to 180 students each.
The students in each house are taught by a team of four to six teachers who stay with the same house of students for the duration of their academy experience. This organization ensures that students are better known and more closely guided by adults.
This district partnership organizational model is based on a framework of principles that have been shown to ensure effective schools:
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Strong academic leadership and inclusion of the entire staff
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Clear expectations for teachers and ongoing professional development
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Encouragement of teamwork and a collective commitment to excellence
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A school community that allows teachers and administrators to know all students as individuals
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Principles and practices of accountability