Loudoun County Public Schools

Empowering all students to make meaningful contributions to the world

DEEP DIVES

In-depth examinations of innovation

Scaling big ideas across a big district

How “pockets of excellence” within large districts are informing how they can adapt to meet the unique needs of the communities they serve

Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) lies 30 miles outside of Washington DC. Rapid growth in the area has made it the fastest growing school division in Virginia, and one of the fastest growing in the country. The district serves nearly 84,000 students across 16 high schools, 17 middle schools, 5...

SNAPSHOTS

Short overviews of innovation

Project-based learning for all students

Empowering students to solve authentic, challenging problems and teachers to create environments for them to do so

Through a partnership with the Buck Institute for Education, we provide students with opportunities to learn through project-based learning (PBL). Over the past five years, more than 3,000 teachers representing all 92 Loudoun County Public Schools have engaged in professional learning to implemen...

Integrating computer science into core content areas

Learning lessons and scaling best practices from our three computer science immersion elementary schools

In the 2017-18 school year, we partnered with Code to the Future to support our first computer science immersion elementary schools. Code to the Future provided ongoing professional learning and coaching to teachers as they designed learning experiences that led to exhibitions of student learning...

Focusing on community connection in the classroom

Increasing authenticity through real-world learning experiences for students through local partnerships

To empower all students to make meaningful contributions to the world, we need to provide them with opportunities to solve authentic, challenging problems. Partnerships with community members, businesses, and organizations provide the chance for experts in the field—from medicine to business to n...