With the recent adoption by Fairfax County Public Schools, Follett’s Destiny solution is now in 23 of the 25 largest K12 school districts. The Virginia district selected Destiny Library Manager as an integrated library management system to support its 234 schools and centers. With the recent adoption by Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools, Follett’s market-leading […]

In August, Woodbrook Elementary School in Albemarle County Public Schools in Virginia completed a renovation and expansion that features much larger classrooms to facilitate multiage learning. Each family at Woodbrook can choose whether to place their child in a traditional, single-grade classroom or in a multiage classroom with two grade levels combined. With the new, […]

Multiage classrooms are, by design, more focused on projects and interdisciplinary learning than traditional, teacher-focused classrooms. For that reason, they usually look different than traditional classrooms full of desks. Furnishing a multiage classroom focuses on these priorities: Flexibility. Tables and chairs, rather than individual student desks, are the norm—and they're regularly rearranged to accommodate the […]

Leaders at Madison County Public Schools spent two years creating and improving tiered student support systems. For this work, we earned the Virginia Department of Education's Distinction in Implementation of Behavioral Interventions in 2017. We developed multilevel approaches to improve student academic performance, behavior and attendance. Teachers worked diligently to develop effective classroom systems by […]