Personalized learning is one of the three pillars Rocketship’s Nashville schools operate on, in addition to talent and development and parent power. The proposed kindergarten through fifth-grade Rutherford County school would follow that same model.
Dailey says each child receives exactly what they need for literacy and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) skill building. Unlike most elementary schools, Rocketship students don’t just have one teacher.
“Students are receiving expert instruction from expert humanities teachers and expert STEM teachers. In a lot of elementary structures, you’ve got one teacher that you see all day. We deeply believe, and the results suggest, that having expert instruction from folks who are certified and endorsed in certain content areas helps to accelerate learning,” said Dailey.
The model has produced results in Nashville, with multiple Rocketship schools outperforming comparable district-run schools in recent years.
If approved, Rocketship would open its Rutherford County school next year to an initial class of kindergarten through fourth-grade and then add fifth-grade the following year. At capacity, it would serve just under 600 students.
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