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#214, Redefining High School with Matt Buckwalter and Michele Mabus

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Show Notes

"๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ." - ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘๐‘˜๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘†๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™

"๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’." - ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ , ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™

Is the traditional 5-day school week preparing students for the real world? Matt and Michele join the podcast to discuss how their school implemented a radical internship program, dedicating Fridays to workforce experience. Tune in to hear how they structure the program. ๐ŸŽง

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Highlights of the Episode: [04:55] Background of Linville Hill Christian School [08:21] The Concept of Helping Kids Tell a Better Story [13:20] Details of the Internship Program [17:55] Challenges and Successes of the Internship Program [36:16] Advice for School Leaders

YouTube Video Podcast Link: https://youtu.be/SkriO7fTVJU

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