Research

How Ivy League Admissions Broke America, David Brooks https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/meritocracy-college-admissions-social-economic-segregation/680392/

https://www.the74million.org/article/preparing-students-for-the-uncertain-future-why-americas-educators-are-ready-to-innovate-but-their-education-systems-are-not/

https://crpe.org/thinking-forward-new-ideas-for-a-new-era-of-public-education/#:~:text=Marking%20CRPE's%2025th%20anniversary%2C%20this,every%20student%20for%20the%20future.

https://fee.org/articles/schooling-was-for-the-industrial-era-unschooling-is-for-the-future/

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/our-education-system-is-losing-relevance-heres-how-to-update-it/

https://www.educationworld.com/teachers/does-today%E2%80%99s-education-prepare-students-rapidly-changing-and-complex-world

https://www.inc.com/greg-satell/a-20th-century-education-system-wont-prepare-our-kids-for-a-21st-century-world.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-07/review-of-university-teacher-degrees-at-ministers-meeting/102564402 retrain his entire teaching workforce of 1,500 in what's called the "science of learning".

https://www.the74million.org/article/preparing-students-for-the-uncertain-future-why-americas-educators-are-ready-to-innovate-but-their-education-systems-are-not/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/201712/the-joy-and-sorrow-rereading-holt-s-how-children-learn

https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-cognitive-science-boost-learning/

https://gsi.berkeley.edu/gsi-guide-contents/learning-theory-research/memory/

https://soeonline.american.edu/blog/brain-based-learning/

https://yourcapsnetwork.org/

https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/youth-venture

https://www.businessinnovationfactory.com/sectors-we-serve/education/

https://www.downcitydesign.org/

https://www.acteonline.org/contact-us/

https://www.fldoe.org/academics/career-adult-edu/apprenticeship-programs/

https://www.unchartedlearning.org/student-programs/incubatoredu-high-school-entrepreneurship

https://www.flgov.com/2022/09/23/governor-ron-desantis-awards-1-9-million-to-expand-entrepreneurship-education-and-training/

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-08-26-guild-s-mission-to-create-a-smarter-better-workforce-is-just-the-beginning

https://www.fscj.edu/academics/programs/certs/6257

https://www.ju.edu/dcob/bachelors/programs/index.php

https://www.unf.edu/coggin/cei/#about

https://musicblendnow.wordpress.com/2020/01/27/the-importance-of-entrepreneurship-in-american-schools/

https://www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/town-hall-recap-apprenticeships-for-tech-and-teaching/

https://yeausa.org/

https://aurora-institute.org/blog/increase-opportunity-for-student-success-through-multiple-pathways-to-graduation/

https://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/cgp_interventionsandsupport_multiplepathways#:~:text=Multiple%20pathways%20are%20defined%20as,academic%20interest%20and%20unique%20needs.

https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/high-school-reimagined-and-we-truly-mean-reimagined

https://community.lincs.ed.gov/group/28/discussion/correlation-student-hours-spent-school-and-success

https://mastery.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pathways-High-School.pdf (a school’s story) 

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED604019.pdf What is Competency Based learning

https://aurora-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/Next-Gen-Learning-Credentials-R4-Web-Version.pdf

https://www.competencycollaborative.org/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/nyregion/mastery-based-learning-no-grades.html

https://www.nextgenlearning.org/articles/a-leveled-approach-to-mastery-based-grading

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/every-state-now-lets-schools-measure-students-success-based-on-mastery-not-seat-time/2023/05

https://learnercentered.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/LC-Strategies_Competency-Based-Learning_mini_Toolkit.pdf#

https://wegrowteachers.com/are-you-pushing-or-pulling-students-in-your-classroom/

https://www.edutopia.org/topic/project-based-learning/

https://youtu.be/7xCe2m0kiSg?si=GbZF0TE1xoxWrgew

PBL school Summit (a great video about PBL 

https://www.educationcorner.com/experiential-learning-guide.html

https://opentext.wsu.edu/theoreticalmodelsforteachingandresearch/chapter/experiential-learningtheory/#:~:text=ELT%20proposes%20that%20any%20experience,learners%20can%20learn%20more%20meaningfully.

https://wp.wpi.edu/projectbasedlearning/2019-institute-workshops-presentations/

https://www.teachthought.com/?s=research+based+strategies

https://www.teachthought.com/project-based-learning/is-project-based-learning-research-based/

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/09/study-shows-that-students-learn-more-when-taking-part-in-classrooms-that-employ-active-learning-strategies/

https://www.bu.edu/ctl/guides/experiential-learning/

https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/research/career-and-technical-education-high-school-does-it-improve-student-outcomes

https://www.tpmacademy.org/

https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/discoveryprogram

https://woz-u.com/

https://pphs.purdue.edu/about/learning

https://www.intelligencecareers.gov/nsa/students-and-internships

https://www.downtownschoolseattle.org/academic-overview

https://www.lakesideschool.org/academics/academic-overview

https://globalonlineacademy.org/student-program/student-courses/problem-solving-with-engineering-design

https://www.acteonline.org/contact-us/

 
https://standtogether.org/news/dr-peter-gray-on-the-importance-of-playtime-in-schools-for-childrens-mental-health/https://pz.harvard.edu/projects/pedagogy-of-playhttps://pz.harvard.edu/projects/pedagogy-of-playhttps://www.edutopia.org/article/playing-learn-middle-and-high-school/https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/freedom-to-learn/202203/why-kids-are-suffering-todayhttps://www.annafreud.org/resources/schools-and-colleges/5-steps/promoting-wellbeing/create-a-safe-environment-for-pupils-and-staffhttps://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_achievement_culture_has_become_so_toxic 

 
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/freedom-learn/202106/the-toxic-consequences-attending-high-achieving-school

More Play and Less Therapy for Students | Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/201612/why-our-coercive-system-schooling-should-topple

https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being-for-teens/supplement/I8l9b/happiness-homework

https://www.theottoolbox.com/the-limbic-system-and-function/

https://instituteofyou.org/what-ikigai-means-and-how-to-find-yours/

 
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/freedom-learn/202106/the-toxic-consequences-attending-high-achieving-school

More Play and Less Therapy for Students | Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/201612/why-our-coercive-system-schooling-should-topple

https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being-for-teens/supplement/I8l9b/happiness-homework

https://www.theottoolbox.com/the-limbic-system-and-function/

https://instituteofyou.org/what-ikigai-means-and-how-to-find-yours/

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/12/when-does-selective-college-matter/

Overall, the report’s findings show that the return on college selectivity varies greatly by major and the return on major varies greatly by selectivity. 

https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/does-attending-a-more-selective-college-equal-a-bigger-paycheck/

In other words, students who complete their degree at less selective institutions could wind up earning nearly as much in their early years as their peers at the nation’s most prestigious schools do, but the 

Llikelihood that they will actually complete their degree is dramatically lower

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/will-traditional-colleges-universities-become-obsolete-180967788/

Online education is a disruptive challenge for which colleges are ill-prepared. Lack of student demand is already closing 800 out of roughly 10,000 engineering colleges in India. And online learning has put as many as half the colleges and universities in the U.S. at risk of shutting down in the next couple decades 

https://www.oedb.org/rankings/acceptance-rate/

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https://www.collegesimply.com/guides/popular-colleges-with-a-high-acceptance-rate/florida/

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https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/colleges-without-letter-grades/

https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/does-attending-a-more-selective-college-equal-a-bigger-paycheck/

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/12/when-does-selective-college-matter/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-to-learn/201604/inverse-relationship-between-gpa-and-innovative-orientation

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/freedom-learn/201610/the-culture-childhood-we-ve-almost-destroyed-it

https://www.deepsprings.edu/contact/

https://www.ccga.edu/academics/artsandsciences/interdisciplinary-studies/

https://www.smarterby1degree.com/degrees

https://admissions.ufl.edu/pdf/Prepare_for_College_Booklet_for_web.pdf

https://ccga.college-tour.com/homepage.php

https://www.elon.edu/u/nav-global/

https://my.pblworks.org/resource/blog/pbl_is_making_headway_in_higher_education

https://www.rasmussen.edu/student-experience/college-life/what-is-competency-based-education/

https://www.clarku.edu/academics/hands-on-learning/

https://www.chronicle.com/paid-content/worcester-polytechnic-institute/transforming-higher-education-through-project-based-learning

https://www.umwestern.edu/experienceone/

https://www.collegexpress.com/lists/list/colleges-with-innovative-academic-programs/238/

https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/colleges-that-create-futures

https://ctcl.org/about/

https://prescott.edu/

https://workcolleges.org/resources/faq

https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/colleges-without-letter-grades/

https://www.collegexpress.com/lists/list/colleges-with-innovative-academic-programs/238/

https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/experiential-learning/available-experiential-learning-courses

https://www.umwestern.edu/experienceone/