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Educator Toolkit: Your Personal Statement

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Why This Matters Now Passion is a word that gets tossed at high school students all the time. If you want fulfillment in your life and your career, you must follow your passion! Passion projects abound as sophomores, juniors and seniors look for creative and compelling ways to communicate their…Read More

Jennifer Barrett of Acorns with 5 Facts about Fintech

Investing is typically thought of as being difficult, requiring large sums of money and a time consuming and complicated process. California-based micro investing startup Acorns is challenging this thinking. It says investing can be made accessible, simple and easy. The Acorns micro investing app encourages users to invest their spare change…Read More

The 2019 KWHS Investment Competition Finalists Are Ready for the Regionals

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As we set out on the 2018-2019 KWHS Investment Competition, we knew this journey would be different. For one, all three competing regions – vying to become finalists in our regional competitions based in China, India and the U.S. in February and March of 2019 – started trading simultaneously on…Read More

A ‘Zero-Generation’ American on What Shakes Him to the Core

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As KWHS was reporting an article on the partial U.S. government shutdown and the debate over the proposed $5.7-billion financing of a southern border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, we were introduced to Juan Amaya. Amaya is a consultant at JÜV Consulting, a firm that helps established companies to better…Read More

Exploring Immigration: Will the U.S. See Reform in 2019?

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Have you heard of Operation Matador? While it sounds very “running of the bulls” in Spain, it’s actually a serious law-enforcement action targeting Latino gang members in and around New Your City in the U.S. Since 2017, Operation Matador – specifically cracking down on activity related to the Salvadoran gang…Read More

XinaBox Connects Students to Space and STEM to the Classroom

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Bjarke Gotfredsen and Judi Sandrock, co-founders of XinaBox, a company in South Africa that makes modular hardware to inspire hands-on student STEM education, were traveling in the U.S. this holiday season and stopped by Philadelphia’s Wharton campus for a visit. KWHS managing editor Diana Drake sat down with Gotfredsen to…Read More

Aquaman Wields His Power for DC Entertainment

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The blockbuster movie “Aquaman,” which has taken in some $750 million in sales worldwide in the past several weeks, is on track to become DC Films’ biggest box-office grosser and the overall most successful DC Comics movie that isn’t a sequel to the movie “Dark Knight.” This is great news…Read More

Inside the Internet of Things

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When Brittany Bull graduated from Pelican Park High School in Cape Town, South Africa in 2017, she was destined to become an explorer. Today, the 18-year-old is an intern at XinaBox Limited, a high-tech company in South Africa that actually purchased the first privately owned satellite in Africa with the…Read More

Educator Toolkit: Leadership and Resilience

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Why This Matters Now A few years back, Knowledge@Wharton High School asked several high school students to share their definitions of leadership. Their answers were provocative. Take, for instance, Haley Holliday from Atascocita High School in Humble, Texas. “Leadership means being actively involved in your community and causes that are…Read More

This Tech Makes Sure One Bad Apple Doesn’t Spoil the Bunch

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A few weeks ago, Gimlet Media’s renowned podcast “The Pitch” -- dubbed the best business podcast on startup life by Fortune -- hosted its first-ever live show on the road on the Wharton School's campus. Three Philadelphia startups led by young entrepreneurs pitched their businesses in front of two well-known venture…Read More

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