www.ixl.com Portola Valley Elementary School District is a small K-8 district in the San Francisco Bay Area. Deep in the heart of Silicon Valley, Portola Valley serves parents who have high expectations for personalized learning, academic results, and effective technology integration. The district adopted IXL Language Arts in 2014 when the school board and parent groups expressed concern about a lack of effective grammar instruction in the district. What Happened to Grammar? Eighth grade language arts and social studies teacher John Davenport explains, “There’s not a lot of whole-class direct instruction happening here. It’s much more about individualizing instruction for each student.” The district has embraced various modes of blended and project-based learning, including the

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