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College, Career, Learning Recovery: How America’s high schools are evolving for the next generation of teenagers.
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Internships Rule at The Met, Where High School is a Matter of ‘Trial and Error’

For more than 27 years, this legendary Providence institution has devoted itself to placing students ‘in an environment where they want to work.’

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
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California
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Back to School: 6 Tips From Students on How to Make High School Relevant

Students at innovative high schools offer advice on how educators can make learning more engaging and relatable.

Beth Fertig, XQ INstitute
Innovative High Schools
Arizona
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Phoenix Teens Build Their Own High School Program From 500 Class, Career Options

At Phoenix Union City, high school doesn’t refer to a building but a personalized path of experiences that teenagers create for themselves.

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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California
Future of High School

10 Cool & Powerful Ways to Inspire Teens to Self-Start, Learn in the Real World

High schoolers are building their own brands, designing and selling hoodies, and creating and auctioning sculptures from fallen trees for charity.

Beth Fertig & Edward Montalvo
st. louis
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Future of High School

Pilot Program Gets St. Louis Students Thinking About Careers — in 9th Grade

Next Prep exposes high schoolers to a wide range of postsecondary options, then helps them figure out what they want to do and how to get there.

Kate Rix

Innovative High Schools

Innovative High Schools
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Future of High School

Hip Hop Is Saving Teen Lives in Minnesota

By connecting with at-risk youth through music that is embedded in Twin Cities culture, one high school is getting students to learn — off the streets

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

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30% of Our Alumni Experienced Housing Instability — How They Succeeded Here

Naomi Lara & Erin Whalen

I Changed My Shoes, and It Revolutionized How I Was Able to Rethink High School

William Blake
Author: William Blake

How D.C. Successfully Modernized a School By Embracing Its Legacy

Tanya Paperny

Credit Hours Are a Relic of the Past. How States Must Disrupt High School — Now

Russlynn Ali & Timothy F.C. Knowles

Alaska Natives Are Claiming Their Seat at the Table

Emmeline Zhao & Jim Fields

Around the World, Teens Raise Fish for School Lunch, Turn Cooking Oil to Fuel

Chris Terrill
Author: Chris Terrill

A High School for Dropouts: Goodwill Offers Adults a Second Chance at a Diploma

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

California Wine Region ‘Growing Futures’ By Turning Vineyards Into Classrooms

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

With 1,000 Applicants for 140 Seats, NYC’s Harbor School Set for Major Expansion

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano

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To Combat Nursing Shortage, Rhode Island Charter Turns to High School Students

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

‘Meaningful, Big Things’ at One Stone, the Student-Led High School of Invention

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

From Textiles to Tech: How Rural South Carolina Trains Students for New Industry

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

How One NYC School Rebounded From the Pandemic By Re-engaging Students & Staff

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock

George Clooney Champions a Los Angeles HS Connecting Classes to Hollywood Jobs

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson

High School 2.0: These Teens Build Drones, Research Cancer & Try Out Careers

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

Michigan Teens, Schooled in an Old Museum Without Classrooms, Eclipse Status Quo

Edward Montalvo

Iowa Teens Spend Less Time in Classrooms, and Succeed More — Here’s How

Andrew Bauld

New Nonprofit Teaches Philly Students CTE Skills — and Pays Them for Their Work

Lauren Wagner

$2.5M Gen Z Program Aims to Expand Career Options for High School Students

Meghan Mangrum

The Promise of Personalized Learning Never Delivered. Today’s AI Is Different

John Bailey
Author: John Bailey

Florida High School’s ‘Parent University’ Helps Navigate Learning Recovery

Joshua Bay
Author: Joshua Bay

Taking the Lead: What Happens When Students Help Run Their High Schools

Beth Fertig, XQ INstitute

Robotics-Themed NYC High School Fills Roster in Inaugural Year

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano

Transforming How High School Is Taught Is Tough, But Possible: How I Did It

Nikki Wallace

Mastery Learning Backers Launch New HS Transcript to Help Grads Apply to College

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

Fixing a System that Set Up Youth to Fail: Rhode Island Overhauls High School

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

How Educators Transformed Their Tennessee School by Listening to Students

Beth Fertig, XQ INstitute

Indianapolis High Schools Using ‘Badges’ to Help Students Land Jobs

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

Students Got $10K to Upgrade Their HS. It Drove a Citywide ‘Wave of Democracy’

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

How One HS Offers Alumni Career Coaches — and Teaches Grads to Embrace Ambition

Kelby Hicks

Rethinking College Admissions and Applications with an Eye on AI

Mike Dunn & Chris Horne

The Essay’s Future: We Talk to 4 Teachers, 2 Experts and 1 AI Chatbot

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

Maryland to Scale Youth Apprenticeship Opportunities with $12M Investment

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small

Inside Rhode Island’s Historic New Equity-Based Graduation Standards

Angélica Infante-Green
Author: Angélica Infante-Green

Rethinking High School: Upending Traditional Subject Structure in Indiana

Beth Fertig, XQ INstitute

Path to Middle Class Jobs: New Manufacturing Center Combines Classroom, Museum

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

New York City’s Apprenticeship Boom for High School Students

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

Fueled by Pandemic, Homeschool ‘Hybrids’ Gain Traction With Middle-Class Parents

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo

Los Angeles Skilled Trades Program Mixes Summer Jobs and Training All in One

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

Indianapolis Students Get Leg Up On Careers With European-Style Apprenticeship

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell

Challenging 5 Big Assumptions About Education: How 232 Schools Are Innovating

Chelsea Waite