As the digital world rapidly evolves, families increasingly expect schools to prepare students for a future driven by technology. A robust computer science program is not just a luxury; it's a necessity. But how can schools keep up with this growing demand, especially when resources and qualified educators are in short supply?

In an online learning environment, connection only happens with intention. When we design Academic Program courses at One Schoolhouse, we center opportunities for connections among students, and between students and teachers.

The AP® African American Studies course brings together critical lenses from multiple disciplines and asks students to build a context for college-level academic study. Students will encounter the rich complexities of African societies prior to European encounters and trace the evolution of global diasporic identities and cultural connections through twentieth century independence movements and into the digital present.

All of us in the independent school community redoubled our DEIB efforts during and after the summer of 2020. We did the same in the Academic Program at One Schoolhouse. Now, four years in, we can clearly see the results of our efforts. 

One Schoolhouse designs competency-based courses with the student-teacher relationship as the cornerstone of our personalized pedagogy.  Courses are intentionally developed to be learner-driven; they are informed by seminal and emerging constructivist education research and by data gathered within our own living practice.