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At the West Hawaii Explorations Academy, students learn through a project-based curriculum.11/1/01
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The Fremont High School Business Academy, in Oakland, California, a small learning environment operating within a larger school, educates entrepreneurs.9/2/03
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At Shorecrest High, these two students joined the school-to-work program -- with some outstanding results.6/30/97
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The News Literacy Project helps secondary school students separate fact from fiction online.11/4/09
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This Delaware school helps students realize their career goals.6/30/97
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Teenagers enroll in an art course that puts them to work in a professional craft shop that builds beasts. More to this story.1/22/08
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6/30/97
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One high school's new project-learning program is piquing students' interest in higher education and building their critical-thinking skills.4/18/08
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A classroom doubles as a special effects tech studio, and students go pro.1/10/08
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This Bronx school turns the courtroom into a classroom.5/19/08
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An interest in aeronautics leads students to Aviation High School, where academic pursuits can really take flight.9/25/05
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When a high school art class becomes a professional special effects studio, students learn creative problem solving while developing personally and professionally.1/10/08
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This school within a school puts the emphasis on academics and a future career.9/30/03
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At this high school, everyone is a winner.11/10/04
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A project-based-learning teacher and coach writes about "the most effective tool for organizing content and motivating students to think hard."2/1/07
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Cooperative learning and inquiry-based teaching yield big dividends in the classroom. And now we have the research to prove it.10/8/08
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An internship program in Maine helps students prepare for their chosen career.6/30/97
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Project learning helps students apply what they learn to real-life experiences and provides an all-around enriching education.2/28/08
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No longer limited to the classroom, educators move to close the gap between school and the real world.11/10/04
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Students at the Y-PLAN project create bonds through grassroots city planning.9/29/08
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Entrepreneur lessons lead to financial know-how.9/28/08
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Your questions about this successful career-preparation program -- answered.4/30/00
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A high school hatchery protects endangered species and demands academic excellence.2/1/06
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Fighting urban blight with teenage might.2/1/06
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A social studies teacher uses photo journals to make learning more personal and immediate for her students.
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Understanding the 1994 School-to-Work Opportunities Act.6/30/01
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The FIRST program is all about inspiring and motivating students to become engaged in math, science, engineering, and technology.12/3/01
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A New York City middle school teacher gives students a close-up look at the art and science of television weather reporting.5/8/08
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A Philadelphia career academy fosters a drive to learn.
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A unique program in Portland, Oregon, gives students a jump-start on their future.6/30/97
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This physics classroom is all about the loud, the mysterious, and the thrilling.5/17/07
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An interview with the faculty and students on how this restructured school continues to teach students how to meet and exceed their own expectations.4/30/00
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A high school opens a tax office, and students run the show.3/4/08
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Counselors debate the need to declare a major in high school.3/9/07
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Students speak freely about education.12/1/93
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From her sister's mistake in choosing a path, the journalist found hers.
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Students who cross the bridge from school to career.10/4/05
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Student-run credit union branches teach career skills and financial independence.10/7/08
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A school administration in Oregon puts the occupational-cluster program to work -- and sees positive results.6/30/97
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How businesses can help promote and support project-based learning in local schools.11/1/01
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This Wisconsin program helps lower the high-school dropout rate while giving kids hope for their future.6/30/97
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A Chicago Public Schools program makes enrichment programs for teens meaningful.
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A program that prepares high school students for their future.6/30/97
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Creating a smooth transition from school to career is this headmaster's goal for her students.6/30/97
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School-to-career education prepares students for collars of all colors.9/4/07
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Career academies bridge the school-to-job gap, while attendance and graduation rates skyrocket.10/23/05
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The Build San Francisco Institute is devoted to the architecture of building adults.3/8/07
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Resources for those interested in school-to-career programs.2/22/01
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4/24/02
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High Tech High, a network of K-12 public charter schools, uses rigorous projects and portfolio assessments to revolutionize learning. More to this story.12/3/08
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An overview of how after-school and summer programs engage community partners to extend the learning day and year. More to this story.1/5/07
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Eleventh-grade biotechnology students use DNA barcoding to help save endangered African wildlife. More to this story.12/3/08
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A high school intern improves emergency-helicopter communications for San Diego's police and fire departments. More to this story.12/3/08
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Students develop and manage their own projects with guidance from mentors in this coastal school's community. More to this story.11/1/01
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The Providence, Rhode Island, after-hours program engages kids in learning -- and fun. More to this story.1/20/09
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Students from the North East School of the Arts, in San Antonio, Texas, which shares a high school campus with the International School of the Americas, document a class trip to Zacatecas, Mexico, on video. More to this story.10/6/04
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Grounded in the philosophy of educating one student at a time, the Met uses internships to promote and create unique personalized education programs for each student. More to this story.10/5/05
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At Chicago's Ariel Community Academy, students in grades K-8 hone math skills and learn practical, lifelong lessons in finance by managing a $20,000 class stock portfolio.
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The UrbanPlan curriculum is an academically challenging, classroom-based, fifteen-hour study unit. Teams of high school juniors and seniors compete to win the redevelopment contract for a decaying neighborhood in the fictitious city of Yorktown. More to this story.8/16/06
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Award-winning science teacher Chad Helgeson devises hands-on demonstrations to make physics concepts come alive in the classroom. More to this story.10/6/04
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Can you imagine a school where students work together in small pods and learn from a holographic teacher?2/11/02
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Two large geodesic domes and an emphasis on multiple learning styles are the hallmarks of this design.2/11/02
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At-risk students in San Jose, California, become college ready and career bound with the support of teachers and biotechnology business partners. More to this story.10/1/03
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Teenagers used entrepreneurial spirit to fight truancy and design a new school. In the process, they became international winners. More to this story.9/3/03
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A school-to-career program in Boston, Massachusetts, integrates classroom and work-based learning to prepare high school students for challenging careers. More to this story.5/1/97
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Wall-to-wall career academies and a transition program for ninth graders have helped create an environment at this Texas high school in which rigorous, relevant education -- inside and outside of the classroom -- is the norm for all students. More to this story.11/10/04
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Students in the Youth-Learn Plan Act Now (Y-PLAN) program learn about city planning -- and feel empowered to improve their cities. More to this story.10/8/08
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To give students a chance to focus on various vocational options, this large Texas high school reinvented itself as a group of intimate learning environments. More to this story.11/10/04
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Architectural projects and internships integrate real-life math, science, design, and technology skills for San Francisco high school students. More to this story.2/21/07
