This High School Uses Community Partnerships to Bring History to Life
At Grand Rapids Public Museum High School, an XQ school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, community partnerships are ingrained in the school’s mission and culture. These partnerships ignite students’ passions, offer glimpses into college and career options, accelerate learning, help students enhance their resumes, and build social capital. For example, Attyn, a member of the GRPMS […]
The Relationship Between Parental and Family Involvement and Student Success
Research shows when families take a role in a students education, it sets them up for success. Learn how you can play your part.
6 Ways Schools Can Involve Communities Better
Community engagement isn’t optional — it’s essential. Learn how schools can build trust, partnerships, and real involvement.
The Writing, and Mission, is on the Wall at this Innovative High School
Walk the halls of Elizabethton High School, an XQ school in rural Tennessee, and you’re bound to be drawn to one of the many curious images on display through the school’s culture wall. A sweater-wearing cyclone. A dragon. A covered bridge. They may seem unusual at first, but a closer look reveals that they are […]
How an Innovative High School Internship Led to a Job in Virtual Reality
Skyler Hilton grew up in a low-income family in Elizabethton, Tenn. His family was like many families in rural America. They often struggled with unemployment and instability. However, Skyler had just entered Elizabethton High School, an XQ school in northeastern Tennessee, with greater ambitions for its students. Elizabethton High School was on a mission to […]
School Sustainability Is About More Than Just Keeping the Doors Open
You’re reading this because you want to transform high school. You might already know first-hand just how challenging it is to rethink, redesign, and collaboratively build a student-driven high school that prepares graduates for the future. The innovative and creative energy necessary for this demanding labor of love needs to be sustained, and that sustainability […]
The Community is the Classroom – Now What?
This school makes the community the classroom, but that is more than just a sentiment. Learn just how this XQ school involves the entire community in rethinking high school.
Project-Based Learning is Rooted in Community at this Santa Ana High School
Curriculum and community go hand in hand at Círculos—an XQ school in Santa Ana, California.
Break Down Classroom Walls to Build Up Student Competencies
Learning can take place at any time and in any location. Check out how this XQ school made out-of-classroom learning experiences meaningful.
Students Reflect on What It Means to Be the First Graduates of a High School Designed Just for Them
Círculos, an XQ school in Santa Ana, California, was designed for students with a community at the center. Four years later, the revolutionary school graduates its first class.
High School Transformation is Necessary and Possible
High schools can be the fulcrum for systemic change, but it will require transformation to emerge stronger and more equitable.
The Power of This Project-Based Learning and Place-Based Learning School
At Círculos, project-based, place-based learning isn’t just a catchphrase. It’s reshaped the way students experience school.
