As learning largely shifted to the home environment with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we leveraged key aspects of Teach to One so students could continue to access math curriculum, lessons, and assessments tailored to their unique strengths and needs. Our 2020 Annual Report highlights some of the many ways New Classrooms served its school partners in response to the pandemic.

For the decade proceeding the pandemic, New Classrooms focused on developing, providing, and supporting innovative learning models that allow teachers to personalize instruction to each student. At the heart of this work was, and is, the need to address the fatal flaw on which our country’s factory-model classrooms are built: our schools are not equipped to meet the unique strengths and needs of each student. When a student falls behind on a skill or concept, there is not a clear path to catch that student up.

In the wake of the pandemic, this failing of our education system gained recognition among parents and educators. Learning gaps widened, especially in underserved communities. We believe our work and our organization’s voice are essential to shaping and forming a new future, and to sparking important conversations about the systemic changes needed in innovation and educational equity.