*Chapter six is about closing the gap and Wagner talks about a few schools that inforce the seven survival skills. The school he talked about alot was High Tech High, which is a school development organixation consisting of k-12 public charter schools. These schools are very well known for their highly rigorous education practices.
*High Tech High doesn't base their education off of textbooks. They use interdisciplanary projects which is project based learning to help teach students. They don't teach students to just memorize material for the standardized test, yet their scores are amongst the highest in the country compared to other schools.
*The original reason High Tech High was formed was the concern that kids were leaving high school knowing how to memorize facts and they were unable to apply what they know to the real world. In other words students were not being prepared for real world skills that they needed to succeed.
*Some of the common set goals at High Tech High were..
-Serve student body in response to ethnic/diversity of local community
-Integrate technical and academic education in both high tech and liberal arts fields
-Increase the number of successful student in math and engineering
-Graduate students who will be thoughtful, engaged citizens
*Warwick was one of the teachers Wagner interviewed. Warwick said they way they teach at this school is a way in which the students will be perpared for the real world. He said when they graduate the goal is that they will have the ability to articulate their thoughts, beliefs, and feelings.
*HTH is a new graduate program that was formed off of these High Tech High associations. It's a program for future teachers, they spend the majority of their school working with a mentor in classrooms. I think this is a great idea and will teach the students so much more than just sitting in a classroom.
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