2018 Highlights
2018 has been a particularly great year for Schools That Can. From launching a new website to expanding programming in our cities, we got to see how big a force real-world learning continues to [...]
Promoting Real World Learning to Close the Opportunity and Skills Gap
Students engage in real world learning with a design thinking challenge. Schools That Can continues to unite leaders to expand quality urban education and close the opportunity and skills gap, but now with [...]
A New Twist on Career Day Yields Big Returns
Imagine a room with a line of men and women in gray and black suits detailing the play-by-play of their daily work routine. Imagine your students listening and asking questions, but unsure of what questions [...]
PS69X Prep’s Journey to the Green Flag
What is small, mighty, makes musical ornaments out of recycled materials, and has a green thumb? Why, a student from PS69X elementary school, of course! Along with creating a “Certified Schoolyard Habitat” garden, students have [...]
Da Vinci Schools: Making Sure Kids are Career Ready
Worksheets are a thing of the past at Da Vinci Schools, a network of four charter schools and a university transfer and career pathway program spanning grades K-13 in the South Bay of Los Angeles. [...]