We empower schools to break beyond the confines of traditional educational systems.
Headrush champions the idea that learning is as unique as each student. We're here to support educators who value the messiness of hands-on learning and want to bring the dynamism of the real world into the classroom.
How Headrush helps schools
and educators
Balance messy learning with structure
Real learning gets messy, taking unexpected turns. The Headrush LMS keeps things organized without losing the fun and authenticity of learning by choice. They make it easier for teachers to let students lead their learning while keeping everything on track.Make assessments more meaningful
A student’s progress can’t be squeezed into just letters and numbers. Headrush provides richer assessment tools that track a wide range of learning indicators - from project completion to skill development. We’re redefining assessment to reflect the true breadth of student learning.Keep education flexible and sustainable
Headrush is designed for the dynamic needs of modern education. We ensure that teaching methods can evolve and adapt, supporting diverse learning styles and interdisciplinary approaches. Education becomes a flexible, sustainable journey that grows with your school.The challenges faced by innovative schools are real and often made harder by the legacy of traditional systems.
Learner-centered is messy.
Being truly learner-centered can make learning head off into all kinds of unexpected directions. If learning is not messy, it’s likely not authentic and learner-centered. But how can we manage the mess in a way we don’t lose all accountability?Obvious, but hard - student agency.
Nobody argues that to be truly engaged, students need to be empowered, active participants in their learning. Yet a prescriptive curriculum with fixed length and content is the norm.Traditional Learning Management Systems... not really an open canvas.
Traditional LMSs have limiting ideas baked in as core concepts. They assume all learning is confined to courses with a single teacher, single subject area, single credit, with learners following an identical, predetermined path. Attempting anything multidisciplinary, multimodal, agile, or competency-aligned can require exhausting workarounds.Tracking assignments is cute, but...
Many gradebook-like systems do a good job of posting assignments tied to due dates. However, modern educators are managing more than just assignments, including projects, collaborative seminars, and whole student assessment.Traditional grades don't tell the story.
Rolling up countless hours of diverse learning experience to a single number or letter grade is limiting. We need better ways to tell the true story of a learner’s journey that includes growth, evidence of learning, and feedback.Breaking down silos requires a different culture.
Good solutions and supporting culture need to go hand-in-hand. Without an enabling culture, the best learning management platform will not improve outcomes. A system that runs counter to the culture can stifle growth and agility.That great spreadsheet is cool, but has its limits.
Talented teams often create spreadsheet-based workarounds after discovering traditional systems don’t meet their needs. It may help in the short term, but as organizations grow, staff changes, and needs evolve, these sheets become harder to maintain and get in the way.Course-based 50-minute periods are a trap.
Being agile means recognizing that not everything needs to be 16-week chunks or else. Breaking courses into smaller units opens the possibility of remixing and reusing content for personalization, better feedback loops, and learner agency.From prescriptive to iterative is tricky.
Is a curriculum with fixed content and timing effective or rooted in learner reality? Better if learning flows and adapts to interests, abilities, and engagement, but this is hard to manage without the right tools.Competencies often become an afterthought.
There is a large chasm between credits and GPAs and competency-based education. To bridge it, schools often layer on initiatives. But credit-based inertia can cause competencies to be treated as an afterthought.Embracing human jaggedness is hard.
There is no average learner. Learners have different starting points, interests, abilities, and potential. We need systems that remain accountable while acknowledging and supporting the inherent jaggedness of learners.Over 100 schools have chosen Headrush
"Personally, I appreciate the user-friendliness of the system and the relative ease in setting up the school. Making adjustments and changes has been fairly seamless as well, which has been another really helpful feature of the system. "
Principal —Abraxas High School
"I like the usability and flexibility of Headrush. I love how we can show student learning through another lens other than letter grades. "
Lead Teacher —Anthony Acres School
"I really like the capability that Headrush has to track standards by student and not by class. Also, I really appreciate how Headrush is so user friendly for students and on the back end with grading. "
School Counseling Administrator —American Academy of Innovation
"Headrush is such a great all-in-one place where I can generate innovative projects, lesson plans, and seminars. Seriously, this is a program that turns teachers' heads when I pull it up at a conference! "
High School Teacher —Garrett High School
"It is very easy to use for both the student and teacher. I have used many different platforms from the student side and a lot of them are not very user-friendly. I also love how flexible it is and you can use it for so many different things, tailoring it to your needs. "
Social Studies Teacher & Student Success Coordinator —Paladin Career Tech
"Love the software, organization, company. I really love how responsive you are when something is needed to be changed or added. "
iLEAD Teacher —iLEAD Charter School
Real stories, real impact
Dive into the experiences of our community. Explore stories from our
schools and partners that highlight the impact of Headrush.
A Smarter Way Forward
Stafford champions a better way forward for rural students with increased opportunities and deeper learning with Headrush at the center.
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JAG Partners with Headrush
Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG), a school-to-career program that supports young people of great promise, has partnered with Headrush.
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Elevating Competency-Based Learning
Latitude High School shares its innovative, competency-based approach with members of the Michigan Co-op network of schools, including how Headrush supports these efforts.
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