Out of School Youth: BPL Symposia Summary (Seattle & Newark)
During the last week in April, Big Picture Learning conducted two symposiums on out-of-school youth—the first in Seattle, WA, the second in Newark, NJ– assembling a broad cross-section of individuals from the education, foundation, business, and community sectors. CEOs dialogued with teachers. Principals interviewed leaders of non-profit organizations. Students questioned school district leaders. We invited several young people, most of them school leavers, to tell their stories and describe their encounters with the system. We learned a lot from the participants, so we tried to capture the essence of our conversation and the outcomes of our work with them in the notes and paper below.
To see the visual summary of these symposia, courtesy of Rachel Brian, click here.
To read the article by Elliot Washor & Charlie Mojkowski, click here.