Influences

• Big Picture Learning’s A-G Matrices: Addressing Curriculum Standards in California

  In 2005, Big Picture Learning’s schools in California were invited by the UC BOARS Committee and the UC Office of the President to create a new, alternative model for presenting curriculum for A-G course approval based on the California State academic standards.

• Rhode Island’s Authentic Assessment and Personalization Initiative

  “[Big Picture schools are] a tremendous success by every measure – intense intellectual rigor, incredible nurturing, deep family involvement, [and] a remarkable rate of college placement.”
  - Peter McWalters, Rhode Island Commissioner of Education

• Leading and Strengthening the Alternative Schools Movement: AHSI Place-Based Initiatives

  “Working together in a place-based initiative is one of the most important influences in systemic change that has been undertaken in alternative education.” – Elliot Washor, Big Picture Learning