Change.
Engagement.
Transformation.
4 Learning.
School transformation starts in the studio.
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4 Learning partners with schools to transform the whole learning experience by activating recording studios as interdisciplinary classrooms — where real-world production drives academic growth, belonging, civic engagement, and credentials.
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Rooted in the School Remix Model pioneered at the High School for Recording Arts—an approach to school transformation grounded in creativity, real-world learning, and a culture that centers student voice and growth.
Where to start.
I’m here because ▾
We already have a studio.
Help us make it matter schoolwide — credits, culture, utilization, and outcomes.
We want to build a studio.
Help us plan, design, equip, staff, and launch it the right way.
I’m an educator or facilitator.
Help me teach through the studio — with tools I can use next week.
I’m a funder or partner.
Show impact, scalability, and how partnership grows pathways and opportunity.
The promise.
School transformation, studio-driven.
A studio can be more than a room with recording gear. With the right structures, it becomes the engine of school transformation — a learning lab where young people build skills, earn credit, solve real-world problems, and reconnect to school through creativity, identity, and community.
What we build with schools.
10 Distinguishers
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1 | Studio learning model.
Creative Learning Productions that connect real-world issues to core content — not “studio as an elective,” but studio as a classroom.
2 | Advisory + culture by design.
Structures that make students known, supported, and accountable to something bigger than a grade.
3 | Personalized learning that’s actually personal.
Personal Learning Plan’s (PLP’s) + competency-based progressions so growth is visible and the path fits the learner.
4 | Leadership + educator capacity.
Coaching and training that helps adults run the model with consistency — across classrooms, studio availability, and support systems.
5 | Organizational models that fit your context.
Academy model • school-within-a-school • micro-school — built around your realities, not ours.
6 | Alternative accountability that tells the truth.
We track what traditional systems miss: re-engagement, stick rate, one-year graduation rate, growth in HOPE, and academic growth.
7 | School culture.
Belonging, identity, and purpose — not as vibes, but as infrastructure.
8 | Wraparound supports.
Practical systems that remove barriers (documents, housing supports, basic needs) so school becomes possible.
9 | Business of Music & Media.
Career readiness rooted in entrepreneurship, industry roles, and real-world production.
10 | 13th-year industry certifications.
Credential pathways students can carry beyond high school — into work, further training, and opportunity.
How we show up.
Ways we can support.
Some partners want a full implementation path. Others need targeted support in one area. Either way, we start by listening, then we scope what fits your timeline and capacity.
Visits & learning (see the model in motion)
Studio build & equip support (needs assessment, design support, installation support)
People & practice (leadership coaching, educator coaching, facilitator training)
Credentials & pathways (Business of Music & Media, certification planning)
Systems & tools (competency automation, LMS alignment)
After a short intake, we’ll send a clear scope, timeline, and estimate — no surprises.
Measured proof.
We measure what matters — and build the conditions for it to grow.
Outcome areas we track and strengthen with partners:
Re-engagement/Retention • Attendance/Stick rate • Credit attainment • Academic growth • Graduation pathway • Studio utilization • Growth in HOPE
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To what extent does the recording studio contribute to you coming to school every day?
◼︎ Without the studio, I would not come to school
◼︎ Without the studio, I would come to school much less
◼︎ Without the studio, I would still come to school, but it wouldn’t be as exciting
◼︎ The studio has no impact on my attendance
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On a scale of 1 to 4, how at home do you feel while in the recording studio?
“I think it could motivate more students to attend school more regularly.”
The Hub.
Tools you can use right now.
Coaching + Learning Sessions ►
Competencies (Recording Arts • Business of Music & Media • Performance) ►
Resources Library ►
RecordEd Arts Podcast ►
RemixED Conference.
Project-based. Studio-driven. Future-ready.
Reimagining the Classroom Through Real-World Production
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RemixED convenes educators, system leaders, researchers, industry partners, funders, and learners to explore how studio-based, project-driven learning transforms engagement into achievement and creativity into career pathways. Grounded in the School Remix Model pioneered at the High School for Recording Arts, this approach positions production — creating, collaborating, revising, and publishing authentic work — as the engine of academic mastery and workforce readiness.
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RemixED advances a scalable instructional framework that integrates project-based learning with studio-based production to prepare young people for the creative and innovation-driven economy. The School Remix Model replaces passive instruction with authentic production environments where students master academic standards through interdisciplinary projects rooted in industry practice. By aligning rigorous academics, workforce skills, and youth voice within a structured studio environment, the model increases engagement, strengthens graduation pathways, and builds durable competencies in collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving. RemixED serves as a national platform to disseminate this framework, build cross-sector partnerships, and support districts and organizations in implementing production-centered learning environments that are equitable, replicable, and future-focused.
Ready to build something students actually care about?
Start with a conversation. We’ll listen, map the next right step, and follow up with a clear scope you can act on.