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New Pathways

Real World Learning: Client Projects Are Trending 

What if you could combine the immersive benefits of an internship with the problem-solving and deliverables production involved in managing a project? You can gain the benefits of both with a client project, the latest learner experience design trend in high school and college education.  Client projects can be extremely valuable…

New Pathways

Inviting Learners into Work That Matters

We’ve found pockets of excellence in three dozen high school visits this spring and where we’ve spotted evidence of deeper learning (i.e., engagement, critical thinking, excellent public products) it’s been work that matters to the learner and their community-- it’s relevant, purposeful, and consequential work.

Personalized Learning

Students Are Calling BS on High School and Opportunity Knocks

Schools talk a lot about personalizing learning, of meeting kids where they are, and yet we see most high schools continue forward with prescribed, discipline-specific courses that continues to isolate disciplines from one another despite the fact that they are highly interrelated.