The WAY Academies Superintendent, Madeline Black, was invited to speak during the Charter Day online event for charter schools in Michigan on May 13, 2020.

"Covid-19 has placed a need on all schools to begin to think of how to model their schools in unique ways this fall", she said. See or read the full speech inside.

Today the Superintendent for the WAY Academies, Madeline Black, spoke during the Charter Day live event. She talked about the importance of offering the flexibility that students need to thrive in times like these. Get to know more about what we offer on http://wayprogram.net

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On Wednesday, May 13, we celebrate Charter Day. In this year's virtual event, the Superintendent of the WAY Academies, Madeline Black, will speak about what we have been doing to keep delivering the best education to our students. More info insite.

Education Views recently caught up with Beth Baker, Co-founder and Executive Director along with her co-partner Glen Taylor, both from Michigan who have been engaged with cutting edge educational models for over a decade creating WAY Online, WAY Academy, and WAY American Schools. WAY partners with local schools, parents and teachers and offer a robust, internationally accredited, project-based curriculum on their innovative cloud-based platform.

"This week the Michigan Department of Education issued guidance on how to successfully transition to online learning. Fortunately for the WAY Program, this transition has already been made", says Rich Klemm. "All the considerations outlined in the guidance are a part of our model. We pride ourselves at the WAY Program in being able to provide a quality educational experience to our students regardless of what may be going on in the world. Our primary goal is to be an adaptable option to our partnering districts while maintaining fidelity to our mission."

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The Center of Disease Control (CDC) has released an infographic with important steps to help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases like the new coronavirus, COVID-19.

Ou can read the information below or access the infographics in Spanish and in English at the end of this article.

Glen Taylor, co-founder of WAY Program, WAY American School and Centric Learning, received the Upton Sinclair Award.

The award acknowledges individuals who have made great contributions to education. "This year we are proud to recognize and acknowledge a number of scholars, writers, theoreticians and other researchers who have contributed to the field of education", wrote Michael F Shaughnessy, Senior Columnist of EducationViews. "Every year, we pause at this time to reflect on certain individuals who, like Upton Sinclair, have made an impact on either education or their chosen field of endeavor."

Centric Learning, founder of HERO Learning System, was recognized by CIOReview Magazine as one of the 10 Most Promising K-12 Technology Consulting/Service Companies of 2019.