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Diverse group of four high school students have a lively conversation while other small groups of students in the background do the same.

Student Engagement Through Relevant Discussion: Link Real-World Current Challenges to the Classroom

Give students the opportunity in classrooms, or a common area, to identify a current challenge (either in or out of school), and have them connect two…

Inflexion January 16, 2021

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Two teens wearing coveralls and hardhats discuss plans while the construction teacher talks with another students; unfinished construction frame in the background.

Create a Career Pathway Experience: Making Learning Relevant for All Students

Create CTE or career pathways schoolwide so that every student experiences project-based learning throughout their school experience. Check out Valley…

Inflexion January 16, 2021

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Diverse group of teenagers holding filled trash bags, yard tools, and other cleaning materials smiling at their successful community pickup.

Create Grade-Level Hands-on Student Projects: Engaging & Connecting Students with Their Community

Create grade-level projects or capstones that give students the opportunity to do hands-on work in the community. These can be set up as projects stud…

Inflexion January 16, 2021

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Three smiling, older elementary school students holding certificates and standing in front of their respective science fair poster-board displays.

Plan a Maker Event, Science Fair, or Entrepreneur Day: Engaging & Connecting Students to School Relevance

Plan and implement a school-wide or whole grade maker event, science fair, or entrepreneur day and have students develop projects for the event in a s…

Inflexion January 16, 2021

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How Making Student Self-Reflection Part of School Culture Led to Success for Anaheim Union High School District

Here’s how student self-reflection at Savanna High School helped launch a new learning culture throughout AUSHD and became a new model for the distr…

Rachel Phillips December 17, 2020

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