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Innovation in Action
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Building partnerships to help students reach their professional aspirations

How building strong community and business partner ties provides a foundation for Real World Learning experiences

Located in southwestern Ohio, Lakota Local Schools (LLS) serves the townships of West Chester and Liberty in the suburbs north of Cincinnati. The eighth largest in the state and the largest in Butler county, our district serves 16,700 K-12 students and prides itself on a graduation rate of 98.8%....

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Reimagining the high school experience with LakotaNEXT

Teachers and students collaborate to create a future-ready school environment

School today is not like it was 50, 20, or even 10 years ago. The world is ever-changing, and so we must adapt in order to prepare our kids for success after graduation. Over a three-day period, the LakotaNEXT group brainstormed countless ideas, from coursework to schedules to room design, all re...

More than 100 teachers lead professional development

Teachers take control at Lakota Learning Days

During professional development, teachers become the students during Lakota Learning Days, which typically happen district-wide four times per year. Our curriculum department put the call out to teachers and staff members for not only session ideas, but volunteers to lead them. This resulted in o...

Pushing boundaries by trying different teaching methods

Exploring the uncharted territory of team teaching

Team teaching, and all its benefits, is starting to catch on across grade levels and subject areas around our district. Kristin Kessen and Beth Bonin share their individual class rosters of 26 students, creating a combined class of 52 students. Though their classes remain together all day long, t...