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Round 3 of the KWHS Comment and Win Contest Delivers Storytelling at Its Finest

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Let's start with a story. It had been a long, full week for the KWHS team. It all started on Monday, August 6, with the KWHS Investment Competition launch and an Innovation Day for 18 visiting high school students from China, followed by days of studio interviews, team meetings, endless…Read More

Inside the Economic Warfare Involving Tariffs and Trade

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In this era of online GoFundMe campaigns that flash across your Facebook feed or pop up in Instagram posts, it’s sometimes easy to overlook the latest appeal. Let’s face it, the crowdfunding landscape is, well, crowded. But anyone interested in the challenges facing young businesses would have a hard time…Read More

Educator Toolkit: Is College Worth the Investment?

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Why This Matters Now Mention it, and you are likely to strike awe and fear into the hearts and minds of your higher education-bound students (not to mention parents and administrators). Their eyes will widen at the mere thought: what if you consider a path other than college after high…Read More

Registration for the 2018-2019 Investment Competition Starts August 6

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Attention, new investors! Registration for all three regions of the 2018-2019 KWHS Investment Competition is now open and will last until Sunday, September 16, 2018. Visit the competition website to register and find all the details regarding the competition, including this year’s timeline of important dates. If registration seems a bit sooner…Read More

Would You Bypass College for Real-world Learning?

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Inspired in part by technology superstars like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison, all of whom dropped out of college to pursue innovative ideas, a growing number of high school students have felt encouraged to give wing to their entrepreneurial instincts. A recent such renegade is 18-year-old…Read More

Storytelling Infuses Your Message with Meaning and Emotion

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Madison Busby, a freshman at Raymore-Peculiar High School in Raymore, Missouri, U.S., recently won the national championship in storytelling at the National Speech and Debate Association tournament held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For these events, students use a manuscript often taken from a children’s book or folklore, to bring a…Read More

Reflection and Debate Heat Up Round 2 of the 2018 KWHS Comment and Win

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The next time you hear someone say, “Teenagers just don’t listen!” You might want to suggest that they check out some of the commenting threads from Round 2 of the 2018 KWHS Comment and Win contest. In our latest round, which lasted from July 9 to midnight on July 20,…Read More

Exploring the Business of Money with a Few ‘Girls Who Invest’

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In recent weeks, Knowledge@Wharton High School began noticing young women on the Wharton campus in Philadelphia, Pa., U.S., who were wearing hats and carrying bags inscribed with three simple words: Girls Who Invest. Since we happen to know lots of girls with this interest – thousands from around the world have…Read More

Leadership Lessons from the Thailand Cave Rescue

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Few experiences illustrate true management principles as profoundly as the Tham Luang Cave rescue, an 18-day saga that played out over recent weeks in a forest reserve in northern Thailand. Twelve boys, ages 11-16, and their soccer coach braved hunger, thirst, darkness and despair inside the flooded cave system before…Read More

Educator Toolkit: A Look Back and Ahead at KWHS Toolkits

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Why This Matters Now With summer well underway, we hope you are taking some time to enjoy a (well deserved) break from the classroom. However, we know school is never really out for teachers. As you plan your curricula for the school year, we thought it would be helpful to…Read More

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