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Whitfield Career Academy And North Whitfield Middle School

Public, Rural
Grades 6-8
Dalton, GA

WHITFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS

Five middle schools and one high school in the Whitfield County, Georgia school district are in their second year of a transition to project-based learning. Their model is High Tech High, a San Diego charter school renowned for its hands-on student projects that have real-world impact.

Whitfield educators have taken big risks, tried things that failed, and then improved their work based on those mistakes. They’re still learning. Yet they’ve also succeeded in making a huge transition in a short time.

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    Full-Speed Reform in Rural Georgia

    Discover how this public middle and high school recreate learning strategies for their traditional setting.
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    Getting Started with Project-Based Learning

    A public middle school and high school in Whitfield County, Georgia show how to recreate the learning strategies of a renowned charter school in a traditional setting.
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    Free Resources and Tools for Replicating Project-Based Learning

    Educators from High Tech High in San Diego, California, and the Whitfield Career Academy's 21st Century Learning Academy in Dalton, Georgia, have provided these resources for you to use in your own school.
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    Replicating Another School’s Success: One Teacher’s Story

    Once a traditional lecture-style teacher, Michelle Underwood's science classroom now hums with the energy of students absorbed in collaborative learning projects.
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    How to Put the Rigor in Project-Based Learning

    Tips from a one-time skeptic turned teacher-leader.
    Grace Rubenstein

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