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High Tech High
High Tech High began in 2000 as a single charter high school launched by a coalition of San Diego business leaders and educators. It has evolved into an integrated network of schools spanning grades K-12, housing a comprehensive teacher certification program and a new, innovative Graduate School of Education.
Teaching and learning at HTH is centered around four design princples: personalization, adult world connection, common intellectual mission, and teacher as designer. The design principles permeate every aspect of life at High Tech High: the small size of the school, the openness of the facilities, the personalization through advisory, the emphasis on integrated, project-based learning and student exhibitions, the requirement that all students complete internships in the community, and the provision of ample planning time for teaching teams during the work day.
HTH & HTMCV in the NEWS
HTH in the News
VIDEO: 21st Century Education at HTH (Pearson Foundation)
VIDEO: HTH on PBS NewsHour (Focus: Immigrant Students)
ESSAY: Teaching Differently...Learning Deeply (Mehta, Phi Delta Kappan)
ARTICLE: Maker Movement Reinvents Education (Newsweek)
VIDEO: Learning Innovation (Sir Ken Robinson, Tony Wagner on HTH)
ARTICLE: HTH Robotics Team in Macy's Day Parade
VIDEO: Need For Unique Teachers Led To Unique Graduate School (KPBS)
KPBS STORY: Group of San Diego Students Use Computer Code to Make Art
HTMCV in the News
ESSAY: Deeper Learning: Not Just for Suburban Students (Vander Ark, Getting Smart)
ESSAY/PROFILE: Deeper Learning for Every Student, Every Day (HTMCV Profile, pages 46-47)
ARTICLE: "Deeper Learning Will Drive Educational, Economic Success of Local Workforce" (San Diego U-T)
ARTICLE: Pros teach middle schoolers about startups (San Diego U-T)
Blog Posts by HTH Faculty and Students
The Power of Exhibitions: Why You Need Both Sizzle and Steak (Alec Patton, EdWeek)
Learning=Doing, Reflecting Revising (Jeff Robin, EdWeek)
What Do the Walls Say? (Laura McBain, EdWeek)
Changing the Subject: Making the Case for Project-Based Learning (Riordan & Rosenstock, Edutopia)
Break Down the Walls, Blow Up the Schedule (Kelly Wilson, EdWeek)
In the Wake of Ferguson, Where Are the Standards for Equity? (Anthony Conwright, EdWeek)
"Gifted and Talented? Deeper Learning is for All Students" (Melissa Daniels, EdWeek)
On Technology and Education (Ben Daley, EdWeek)
"Discipline Through the Lens of Deeper Learning" (Melissa Daniels, EdWeek)
"How to Teach Us" MOOC (Massive Online Open Course)
VIDEO: How to Teach Us Trailer (featuring HTe and HTMCV students)