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ASU Prep South Phoenix Partners with Elevated Education to Reengage Youth

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Friday, September 30, 2022

PHOENIX, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ASU Preparatory Academy South Phoenix announces a partnership with Elevated Education, a leader in academic reengagement. The partnership will offer students and their families academic reengagement, and positive mentoring for youth through a project funded by the Arizona Governor's Office.

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  • Student Victory Team meetings (students, parents/guardians, school counselors, elevated mentor)
    "Here at ASU Prep South Phoenix, our students have obstacles that we may not know about," said Dr. Taime Bengochea, ASU Prep South Phoenix K-12 Principal.
  • "It is so exciting to be partnered with Elevated Education and their TeenVictory Program so that our students can get extra support to re-engage with our school.
  • With our partnership, Elevated can support those families who may not want to share information about their circumstances back into our school community.
  • The Elevated Education team has reengaged and educated thousands of teen students over the years.

Sal Khan partners with Arizona State University to Launch New Online Global High School

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Monday, April 25, 2022

Lots of thought and experimentation went into every element of the model, said Sal Khan, Founder of Khan Academy.

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  • Lots of thought and experimentation went into every element of the model, said Sal Khan, Founder of Khan Academy.
  • Khan World School is part of the ASU Preparatory Academy charter school network in Arizona.
  • Khan Lab School (KLS) is a non-profit, mastery-based school founded by Salman Khan in 2014 to cultivate his student-centered philosophy in a physical school environment.
  • Because it is part of Arizona State University, ASU Prep Digital offers an accelerated path toward college admission and the chance to earn concurrent high school and university credit.

Studies Find Virtual Learning Grows During COVID, Providing Safe and Flexible Options for Families and At-Risk Students

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Though the two factors are distinctly different, their impact is the same, as more families have been prompted to explore the possibilities of digital learning.

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  • Though the two factors are distinctly different, their impact is the same, as more families have been prompted to explore the possibilities of digital learning.
  • They have discovered that expert virtual learning differs from what many parents and students experienced after schools unexpectedly shut down in March of 2020.
  • The reports also draw on government information, foundation studies, and interviews with experts in the digital learning field.
  • "Virtual learning, using computers and the internet to study courses taught in the classroom, isn't meant to replace an in-school education," says Young.

ASU Prep Digital Forges Partnership With Ohio Charter School Network to Reduce Student Learning Loss Due to COVID Quarantine

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Thursday, September 16, 2021

To prevent COVID learning losses, ASU Prep Digital provides online instructors to teach Cleveland-area students who miss in-person learning due to a 10-day quarantine.

Key Points: 
  • To prevent COVID learning losses, ASU Prep Digital provides online instructors to teach Cleveland-area students who miss in-person learning due to a 10-day quarantine.
  • During the 2020-21 school year, Breakthrough one of the highest-performing public, nonprofit charter school networks in Ohio only operated remotely.
  • ASU Prep Digital has plans underway to adapt the Learning Under Quarantine model to more school districts, including one in Arizona.
  • Although Learning Under Quarantine is the first model of its kind, forging partnerships with local school districts is hardly a novelty to ASU Prep Digital.