George Lucas Educational Foundation

Starting Critical Thinking and Collaboration Early

Even the youngest students can collaborate productively to push each other’s learning through a protocol that introduces peer feedback.

August 6, 2020

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Schools That Work

Amigos School

Public, Urban

Grades PreK-8

Cambridge, MA

In 2019, students outperformed state averages on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests by approximately 20 percentage pointseach in science, math, and English language arts.
Finalist for School of the Year in 2019, an award given by the Spanish Embassy in Washington D.C. for schools that show exemplary integration of content and language.
The 2018 eighth-grade graduating class earned the Sealof Biliteracy, which celebrates dual-language proficiency.