… US high schools are failing today’s youth 54% High school drop out rate for students of color 1 American high school students who drop out before graduation.

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… US high schools are failing today’s youth 54% High school drop out rate for students of color 1 American high school students who drop out before graduation 30 % College students who are under-prepared for college coursework 50% What Problem are We Trying to Solve?

What is the Role of The Educurious Expert Network (TEEN)?

A social network with a purpose: Students engage with professionals to enhance the relevance of what they are studying Student gain motivation to complete high school and pursue college and careers Teachers incorporate real world problems into their science and literacy courses A context for national service: Working and retired professionals donate time and expertise to support our next generation The Expert Network provides tools to ensure success for professionals, teachers and students 3 What is the Role of TEEN

Support Pilot Courses 1 Courses1.1 Biology Units Phytoremediation Genetics Evolution Infectious Disease Climate Change 1.2 ELA Units Charting Current Controversies Imagining New Worlds Picking Up the Clues Approaching Amazing Art Investigating Science through Story

5 Course 1: Controversies lawyers & policy makers professionals w/advanced English journalists Course 2: New Worlds student film makers graduate student writers script writers Course 3: Picking Up Clues fiction writers professionals w/advanced English Course 4: Science Stories science journalists essayists, journalists Course 5: Amazing Art artists graduate students Course 1: Phytoremediation environmental scientists biologists w/toxins & ecological Course 2: Genetics cancer researchers, biologists genetic counselors, life sciences w/genetics, lab technicians Course 3: Evolution evolutionary biologists paleontologists, life sciences Course 4: Infectious Disease social & complex network analyst life sciences w/infectious disease Course 5: Climate Change scientists w/climate change ecologists English / Language ArtsBiology Educurious Needs Experts for our Pilot Year