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Innovation in Action
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Using data to provide personalized learning experiences

Combining blended learning and project-based learning to support equity

We are committed to providing an equitable education for all students by providing  personalized classroom settings that ​support project-based learning (PBL). To provide more equitable outcomes, Compton Unified developed a ​blended​ ​learning​ classroom model that combines personalized ​learning...

Harnessing the power of STEAM

Creating a STEAM college and career culture by engaging the community

Compton Unified School District works with hands-on interactive and “Cuisine of Compton” partners to create STEAMFest, a full afternoon of fun and excitement that attracts 10,000 community members. STEAMFest showcases the many STEAM programs from schools across the district and inspires students ...

Tackling real-world challenges through robotics

K-8 students use engineering design process to solve real-world problems

CUSD partners with the Compton Robotics Club to offer the FIRST LEGO League (FLL), which allows students to creatively and collaboratively solve real-world problems, all while designing and building a robot using the engineering design process to develop and iterate solutions. CUSD hires and trai...

Not your mama’s art class: bringing arts to the 21st century classroom

Challenging K-8 students through arts-embedded instruction

Arts has always been a critical part of Compton Unified ethos. Three of our sites have received the prestigious Turnaround Arts Grant, which has infused schools with creative resources aimed to guide an “arts-fueled transformation.” All K-8 students have access to the three-stage visual arts curr...

English learners are chasing leads and breaking news

Reaching English learners in grades 3–5 with investigative journalism projects

The after-school journalism program aims to support English learners' language and literacy development via a specially designed 10-unti journalism curriculum, ultimately preventing Long Term English Learners (LTELs) . Delivered over 12 weeks for three hours per week, the program focuses on devel...

Dual-language immersion programs boost student success by many measures

Helping students at three elementary schools learn a language and share their cultures

Part of CUSD’s mission is to educate our students in a multicultural and additive bilingual environment. We believe that helping our students attain biliteracy and bilingualism with academic and professional proficiency will create greater opportunities. Our students will develop the self-efficac...