Citizen Schools’ Adrienne Porter Speaks to Increasing Student Achievement at SXSW EDU

Adrienne Porter, Citizen Schools’ Director of Educator Development, had the unique opportunity to speak on a panel on the national stage of SXSW EDU Conference & Festival. Her panel, Educator PD: Key to Increasing Student Achievement, was presented by American Student Assistance (ASA) and discussed how an ecosystem can help educators enhance their competency to develop career-focused and project-based learning experiences for their students.

Meredith AdamczykApril 20, 2022Staff, SXSW EDU, American Student Assistance, experiential learning

Citizen Schools Receives $750,000 Grant from American Student Assistance to Expand Professional Development for Career-Connected Project-Based Learning Opportunities for Middle School Teachers

Citizen Schools announced today the organization received a $750,000 grant from American Student Assistance® (ASA), a national nonprofit that helps to foster student understanding of post-secondary education and career pathways.

Press ReleaseCitizen SchoolsJuly 8, 2021Catalyst, American Student Assistance

Ways to engage students in career exploration

The American Student Assistance (ASA) meeting on October 22nd at the Boston Chamber of Commerce brought together educators, nonprofits and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics to drive home the need to engage students early in career exploration and pathways. We also need to evolve collective assumptions that success for students means a four-year college degree. And to engage and motivate students, we should share all the options of technical education, associate’s degrees, certificates, and apprenticeships. All of this work begins early as students disengage starting in ninth grade.

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