Professional Perspectives
Professional Perspectives with Philip Fox Academy
Writing on school design, learner agency, and the research behind Philip Fox Academy of LEARNing. Articles shared on LinkedIn live here in full.
Volume 3: What is student agency, really?
By Cassia Fox Peeler · August 26, 2026
Agency is not letting kids pick their seat or choose a poster over a slideshow. It's teaching students to understand how they learn — and giving them a real say in it.
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What is student agency, really?
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Volume 2: What is student agency, really?
By Cassia Fox Peeler · August 24, 2026
Agency is not letting kids pick their seat or choose a poster over a slideshow. It's teaching students to understand how they learn — and giving them a real say in it.
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Volume 1: What is a charter school?
By Cassia Fox Peeler · August 12, 2026
Charter schools are tuition-free public schools — but the label tells you very little about what a child will actually experience. Here's what that means, and what Philip Fox Academy of LEARNing is designed to do differently.
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Welcome to Professional Perspectives
By Cassia Fox Peeler · July 29, 2026
An introduction to this series: what we write about, why we write it, and how research on learner agency shapes the design of Philip Fox Academy of LEARNing.
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Who writes here
Perspectives from the team building Philip Fox Academy of LEARNing.
Cassia Fox Peeler
Founder & Executive Director
Founder of Philip Fox Academy of LEARNing, leading academic research and instructional systems design for innovative teaching across grades 1-12. She writes on school design, learner agency, mastery-based assessment, and the research behind the LEARN framework.
Anne Spencer
Director of Operations
Leads operations, enrollment, and family engagement, with oversight of facility design, architectural planning, and code and safety inspections. She writes on how thoughtfully designed, compliant learning environments support every learner day to day.
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