- Making Meaning of Belonging
USC Rossier School of Education | September 19, 2024
- A Conversation with Dr. Matthew Wunder
The Resilience Lab | August 21, 2024
- Da Vinci RISE High: A Case Study
The Giving List | August 8, 2024
- Local Teens Get National, International Recognition
MB News | August 6, 2024
- California State Athletic Directors Association
Newsline | June 1, 2024
- Twelve Selected for 2024 Boys U19 NORCECA Continental Championship
USA Volleyball | May 10, 2024
- Wiseburn Da Vinci boys volleyball loses to St. Margaret’s in Division 3 quarterfinals
Daily Breeze | May 1, 2024
- Tips and Tools for Equitable and Sustainable School Design
Getting Smart | April 23, 2024
- CEO Reveals: One thing you need to succeed in tech career
KTLA / April 15, 2024
- Career-Connected Learning: Preparing Students for a Dynamic Future
Getting Smart / Feb 19, 2024
- You can put a price tag on the value of a personal finance education: $100,000
CNBC / February 17, 2024
- Viewpoint and Da Vinci Schools Collaborate to Spotlight Da Vinci RISE High School in a Special Episode
PRWeb | February 13, 2024
- LA schools bring joy of Christmas to students with unstable homes
Los Angeles Daily News | December 25, 2023
- More States Now Require Financial Literacy Classes in High Schools
New York Times / December 1, 2023
- 30% of Da Vinci RISE Alumni Experienced Housing Instability — How They Succeeded Here
The 74 | November 28, 2023
- Reimagining High School, Da Vinci RISE Gives Students a Rewarding Future
The Giving List | November 17, 2023
- FutureShock! Summer 2023 at Da Vinci Schools
The Reinvention Lab at Teach For America | September 2023
- Meet Jason Kartez | High School Art and CTE Teacher and Artist
Shoutout LA | August 21, 2023
- Teachers Build Solar Suitcases for Teachers in Need
Harbor Freight | July 26, 2023
- Cultivating Hope, Empowerment, and Opportunity
LumenSparQ | July 24, 2023
- Spotlight: Da Vinci Schools’ Student-Centered Approach to Reimagining Education
CA Collaborative for Educational Excellence | July 2023
- CA Charters Now Outperform Traditional Public Schools, Credo Study Finds (Da Vinci Schools)
California Charter Schools Association | June 14, 2023
- Erin Whalen: Education at the Margins – Empowering Marginalized Youth through Da Vinci RISE High
The Avenue of the Strong by ArgoPrep | June 2023
- Meet Erin Whalen
Canvas Rebel | May 25, 2023
- Re-Imagining ‘School’ at Da Vinci Schools
NGLC Portrait of a Graduate in Practice | Spring 2023
- Making a Meaningful Impact: Armand Taylor
Southbay | April 2023
- Teacher Talk with Christopher Jackson
Next Gen Personal Finance | March 24, 2023
- L.A. Youth Robotics Competition Leaves Student Teams Energized
NASA JPL | March 20, 2023
- Daily Inspiration: Meet Allegra Johnson
Voyage LA | January 9, 2023
- Designing the Future of School: The Bridge to Reinvented Education with Erin Whalen (02:56)
Teach For America Reinvention Lab | December 9, 2022
- Erin Whalen, M.A. ’20 Leads High School that Reimagines Education for Highest-Risk Students
LMU School of Education 2022 Impact Report
- Check Out Erin Whalen’s Story
VoyageLA | November 2, 2022
- Da Vinci RISE High Semifinalist in Competition for $1 Million Yass Prize
YassPrize.org | October 13, 2022
- Innovative Models Exchange: Da Vinci RISE High
Transcend Education / September 15, 2022
- Back to School at Da Vinci Schools: Prioritizing Professional Development
Small Schools Districts' Association Podcast | August 16, 2022
- Some K-12 Systems Thrived During Covid-19. What Made Them So Prepared?
Forbes | July 28, 2022
- Grinnell College Alumni Outcome Stories: Erin Whalen ’12
Grinnell College website | June 2022
- 2022 Honorary Degree Recipients and Emeriti Faculty: Erin Whalen
Grinnell College | May 11, 2022
- More Than Robots
USC Viterbi | May 4, 2022
- Competition is ‘More Than Robots’
Raytheon Intelligence & Space | April 18, 2022
- Disney+ documentary highlights 2 local robotics teams
Spectrum News / April 14, 2022
- More Than Robots’ takes you behind the scenes of L.A. robotics teams
LA Times / April 14, 2022
- Fostering a Social Capital Approach to Schools
Walton Family Foundation / April 6, 2022
- More Than Mentors
FIRST | Mar 24, 2022
- Pahara Announces New Class of Leaders for The Pahara Fellowship: Matthew Wunder
Pahara Institute | March 4, 2022
- More Than Robots | Official Trailer | Disney+
LucasFilm / February 2, 2022
- Da Vinci RISE High for At-Risk Learners Finds Itself At-Risk
Los Angeles Sentinel / January 14, 2022
- Meet Ady Cruz, Class of 2021 RISE High & New Earth Graduate
DV Rise | November 30, 2021
- Da Vinci Schools: A Visionary Breakthrough School that’s Still Ahead of Its Time
NGLC / November 5, 2021
- Meet Erin Whalen: School Builder, Principal and Educator
ShoutoutLA | July 12, 2021
- LA2050: LEARN Winner! Learning Gap Recovery for LA’s Most Vulnerable Youth
LA2050 | July 2021
- What’s the Right High School Size and Structure?
Getting Smart | June 9, 2021
- Da Vinci Connect students hold a trash-bag challenge in recognition of Earth Day
The Beach Reporter | April 21, 2021
- Measure A, which will decide boundaries of Lawndale, Centinela and Wiseburn school districts, appears on its way to passing
Daily Breeze | March 2, 2021
- Da Vinci, Degrees Of Freedom and Duet – Making Postsecondary Pathways Relevant and Reachable for All Students
Forbes | February 28, 2021
- Opinion: Amid a global pandemic, could we innovate to find more equality through higher education?
The Colorado Sun | August 12, 2020
- 19 Year Old Earns Bachelors Degree
Getting Smart | June 29, 2020
- Meet Fazlul Zubair of FRC Team 4201, The Vitruvian Bots in El Segundo
VoyageLA | May 27, 2020
- A Hybrid On-Campus and Homeschool Support Program at Da Vinci ConnectX
Aurora Institute | May 12, 2020
- To Reopen, America Needs Laboratory Schools
Getting Smart | May 7, 2020
- Manno: How Do You Keep 21st Century Students Engaged? By Building Up Their ‘Vocational Selves.’ Some Programs That Make That Happen
The 74 | April 29, 2020
- Leading Adult Learning during COVID-19
Getting Smart | April 20, 2020
- As Cities Axe Summer Youth Work Programs, Here Are Alternatives to Consider
EdSurge | April 14, 2020
- Hard Reset: What Will be New Post Pandemic
Getting Smart | March 30, 2020
- High School Students Vie for a Win in Robotics Competition
NASA | Mar. 9, 2020
- El Segundo Councilman Don Brann steps down early to remain on education board
Daily Breeze | Dec. 24, 2019
- Mobile Team of Therapists Ready to Help After Tragedy
Spectrum News 1 | Dec 17, 2019
- The Rise of the Grand Challenges Scholars
USC Viterbi | Fall 2019
- American Studies Graduate Student Awarded for Unique Lesson Plan
Pepperdine University | October 15, 2019
- 11 Alternative Schools That Are Real Alternatives
Forbes | October 7, 2019
- Back-to-School Alternatives
Forbes | August 27, 2019
- Hybrid Homeschooling Gives Families More Flexibility
Spectrum News 1 | August 21, 2019
- Top 15 L.A. Public High Schools for Hollywood Families
The Hollywood Reporter | August 18, 2019
- Why smaller dosage work-based learning can mean bigger professional networks
Christensen Institute / June 4, 2019
- High School Robotics Teams Showcase Skills at State Capitol
Sacramento Business Journal / May 23, 2019
- This El Segundo high school ‘Bots’ team just won a world championship
Daily Breeze | April 26, 2019
- CHLA Announces 10 Semi-Finalists from Gamifying Pediatrics Hackathon
HIT Consultant / April 15, 2019
- Teams Pitch VR Solutions For Common Hospital Problems
Spectrum News 1 / April 15, 2019
- Reimaging Education with Students at the Center
#LAtogether | April 8, 2019
- Designed for 21st Century Learning / Client Interview: Matt Wunder
Gensler Dialogue 33 / April 2019
- Redesigning Today’s Schools for Tomorrow’s Learners
Gensler Dialogue 33 / April 2019
- Getting Started with High School Redesign
Getting Smart | March 22, 2019
- Hack-a-Challenge
Hawthorne Community Television / March 8, 2019
- Ladies Who Launch
MeUndies / March 2019
- Oculus Helps Local Students to RISE
WestCoast Lighting / February 19, 2019
- Educator-to-Educator Mentoring to Support Real-World Learning Redesign
Education Week | February 18, 2019
- Forget Replication, Transforming Learning is About Remixing
Getting Smart / January 19, 2019
- Beyond the Flipped Classroom
EDTechDigest / January 17, 2019
- A Joining of Hands: Looking Back at 2018, a Year of Collaboration and Connection
Education Week / December 28, 2018
- Mom Entrepreneurs Share How They Homeschool and Grow Their Businesses
Foundation for Economic Education / December 10, 2018
- Educator-to-Educator Learning: The Transforming Learning Collaborative
Education Week / November 16, 2018
- Da Vinci Schools Expand Opportunities in Los Angeles
Forbes | November 2, 2018
- Rising Above: A School Builder’s Journey Towards Understanding the Needs of At-Risk Youth
XQ / October 25, 2018
- Can Nonprofit Startups Make a College Degree Attainable for Low-Income Adults?
Center for American Progress / October 24, 2018
- Pool of Dreams
EasyReaderNews / September 28, 2018
- Northrop Grumman Partnership Inspires Da Vinci STEM Summit
Cal Poly SLO Engineering Advantage Magazine / Fall 2018
- Equipping All Students to be Successful, Responsible, Informed Citizens
Next Generation Learning / August 1, 2018
- 101 Top Schools and Charter Networks
Getting Smart | July 31, 2018
- Better Together: How to Leverage School Networks for Smarter Personalized and Project Based Learning
Getting Smart / July 16, 2018
- RISE (Revolutionary Individualized Student Experience) – Part 3
Aurora Institute | June 20, 2018
- Commentary: How our LA charter high school is reimagining education for homeless and foster care youth
LA School Report | June 20, 2018
- Conversations about Learning at Da Vinci – Part 2
Aurora Institute | June 11, 2018
- Innovation in the Air at Da Vinci Schools – Part 1
Aurora Institute | June 6, 2018
- RISE above: Alumna creates new model that transforms high school, changes lives
University of South Carolina | May 17, 2018
- 100+ Middle and High Schools Worth Visiting
Getting Smart / April 2018
- Rightly Seeing Students: Takeaways from SXSW EDU
Getting Smart | March 25, 2018
- Rising High: Posse Scholar Erin Whalen returns to LA to start up a new high school
Grinnell College website | March 15, 2018
- School and Home: Boarding programs and other charter innovations mix elements of family life and education for foster kids in need of both
Philanthropy Roundtable | Spring 2018
- More than a dozen California schools have received grants that foster innovative programs
EdSource | February 15, 2018
- A Student’s Perspective: Some Truths About Real-World Learning
Next Generation Learning Challenges | January 26, 2018
- At long last, officials celebrate opening of $160 million Wiseburn High School
Daily Breeze | December 9, 2017
- It Takes a Village: Community Partnerships for Real-World Learning
Next Generation Learning Challenges | December 8, 2017
- Four Practical Steps to Deepen School & Community Connections
Medium / November 16, 2017
- Can These New Colleges Help Solve Higher Education’s Equity Problem?
EdSurge / November 15, 2017
- Check out Wiseburn’s new, $160 million ‘hyper-adaptable’ high school
Daily Breeze / November 5, 2017
- A Learner-Centered Culture Includes Educators, Too
Next Generation Learning Challenges | October 13, 2017
- Super Schools highlighted in prime time call to action to rethink America’s high schools
LA School Report / September 8, 2017
- Rising High: Los Angeles School Aimed at Disconnected Youth Expands
The Imprint | September 6, 2017
- Inspiring Students to RISE High
IES Abroad Exchange | Fall 2017
- Reimagining High Schools with XQ Super School Prize winner Da Vinci RISE High
Dream See Do | September 7, 2017
- New Chances with a New Model for College
One Day Magazine | August 17, 2017
- 8 Things to Look For in a Student-Centered Learning Environment
Getting Smart | August 9, 2017
- Charter Schools Tackle Shortcomings Of College
Forbes | July 20, 2017
- How Extra Year of High School Can Set Students Up for College Success
MindShift | June 26, 2017
- Good Schools for California
Tom Vander Ark on Linkedin | June 21, 2017
- On the RISE: First Graduating Class of Award-Winning High School for Foster and Homeless Youth Get Their Diplomas
L.A. School Report | June 9, 2017
- A school that meets students where they are – it’s becoming a reality in L.A.
USA Today | May 30, 2017
- El Segundo Olympic Caliber Pool to Serve Students, Community
Easy Reader News | May 8, 2017
- Kids Reach New Heights in STEM Education Through Aviation
U.S. News & World Report | April 14, 2017
- Personalization + Projects = Deeper Learning at Da Vinci
Getting Smart | April 10, 2017
- Smart List: 85 Elementary & Middle Schools Worth Visiting
Getting Smart | March 21, 2017
- The Next Economic Wave Will Be Fueled by Creative Careers
The Huffington Post | March 20, 2017
- 75 Top School and Charter Networks
Getting Smart | March 14, 2017
- Manhattan Beach Attorney Faces Tough Jury: Engaged High School Students
EasyReaderNews | March 3, 2017
- Interview: Da Vinci Schools
Consortium for Media Literacy Connect!ons | March 2017
- Da Vinci Schools’ RISE High to Serve County’s Homeless and Foster Students
El Segundo Herald | February 16, 2017
- Video Essays for More Authentic Literary Analysis
Moving Writers | December 5, 2016
- Preparing Teachers for a Project-Based World
Getting Smart | November, 2016
- SNHU Partner Wins ‘Super School’ Grant to Rethink Education
Southern New Hampshire University | October 17, 2016
- 10 XQ Super Schools Announced: Leading the Way in Rethinking High School
Getting Smart | September 15, 2016
- LA educators get $10 million to reinvent school for homeless kids
KPCC | September 14, 2016
- Steve Jobs’ widow is giving two L.A. teachers $10 million to start a school for homeless and foster youth
Los Angeles Times | September 14, 2016
- The Future of Learning: Project-based, Place-based, Experiential, Authentic, Constructivism
The Huffington Post Blog | September 11, 2016
- Next Gen Hiring for Mindset Toolkit (PDF)
- How to Hire Teachers with a Next Gen Mindset
Next Gen Learning Blog | September 8, 2016
- At Hawthorne-based SpaceX, high school students learn to reach for the stars
Daily Breeze | August 20, 2016
- The Nuts & Bolts of Opening a New School
Getting Smart | July 7, 2016
- What’s Next? Personalized, Project-Based Learning
Education Week | May 16, 2016
- Making Sure Kids Are Career Ready
Schools That Can blog | May 12, 2016
- LA Galaxy presents new public soccer fields to Hawthorne, Da Vinci Design students design and paint community murals
Daily Breeze | January 29, 2016
- LA Galaxy begins community service, painting murals at Hawthorne Park with Da Vinci Design students
MynewsLA.com | January 29, 2016
- Cal Poly, the Da Vinci Schools and Northrop Grumman Create Seamless Pathway for Future Engineers
MynewsLA.com | January 29, 2016
- How Da Vinci Schools Built an Instructional Model Around ‘Failure’
edSurge | December 8, 2015
- 66 Elementary & Middle Schools Worth Visiting
Getting Smart Ed Tech Blog | November 9, 2015
- Chevron ‘Fuel Your School’ Program Sends Supplies to Da Vinci Innovation Academy Class
Hawthorne Press Tribune | October 29, 2015
- Wiseburn Unified & Da Vinci school officials celebrate groundbreaking of high school
Daily Breeze | August 20, 2015
- Speakers propose innovations for public schooling
Daily Trojan | June 2, 2015
- Robotics team from Hawthorne’s Da Vinci Science High advances to world championships
Daily Breeze | March 31, 2015
- Education Gets Its Game On
Gensler: Dialogue 27 | Spring 2015
- 100 Schools Worth Visiting
Getting Smart ed tech blog by Tom Vander Ark | November 7, 2014
- Da Vinci Engineering Teacher in Hawthorne Honored as 2014 Math Hero
Daily Breeze | October 13, 2014
- A Global Model for STEM Education
Huffington Post | October 8, 2014
- South Korean Science Leaders Visit PLTW School
PLTW | September 17, 2014
- Connecting Parents and Teacher-Vetted Content to Support Home-Based Learning
Activate Instruction | August 13, 2014
- Students Learn to Fail — and Recover — at CA School
Education Week | June 5, 2014
- Da Vinci Science Charter Team Wins Engineering Contest
Daily Breeze | May 5, 2014
- Construction underway at new Wiseburn High School in El Segundo
Daily Breeze | March 10, 2014
- Kerlan-Jobe and the Da Vinci Schools: Partners in Learning
Kinesis | Spring 2014
- South Bay Students Design Vehicles, Win Money During Northrop-Sponsored Engineers Week
Daily Breeze | February 21, 2014
- Next-Gen Models Attack Problems, Leverage Opportunities
Education Week blog | January 16, 2014
- Smart Cities: Los Angeles (part 2 of 2)
Education Week | January 11, 2014
- Next-Gen Learning Models Blend Tech and Experiences
Education Week blog | January 10, 2014
- CA Charter Caters to Home-Schooled Students
Education Week | January 8, 2014
- Da Vinci Innovation Academy Inspires Artful Moments
Education Week | January 7, 2014
- Nothrop Grumman Contributes $100,000 to Da Vinci Schools
PR Newswire | December 17, 2013
- 38 Elementary and Middle Schools Worth Visiting
Getting Smart ed tech blog by Tom Vander Ark | November 27, 2013
- Modern-Day Homeschooling is More Social Than It Sounds
Daily Breeze | September 29, 2013
- Home School No Longer Just for the Deeply Religious, Enters Mainstream
Daily Breeze | September 29, 2013
- Da Vinci Communications Aims High On Its First Day
Daily Breeze | August 14, 2013
- Da Vinci Schools Hosts SpaceX President for Young Women’s Career Conference
California Charter Schools Association Blog | June 14, 2013
- Graduation Ceremonies Mark Rite of Passage for Da Vinci Charters
Press-Telegram| June 8, 2013
- Raytheon Partners With Kings to Promote Science of Hockey at Da Vinci Science High School
L.A. Kings Official Website | March 7, 2013
- What Happens When High School Students Take a Stab at the Tricorder X Prize?
Fast Company | February 19, 2013
- Hawthorne charter plans one-stop campus: Da Vinci sees merging high school, community college, university
Daily Breeze | July 30, 2012
- 4 Things That Ninth-Graders Can Teach You About Risk-Taking Design
Fast Company | June 20, 2012
- Innovators and educators come together at Northrop Grumman
Easy Reader | March 15, 2012
- Da Vinci program blends homeschooling, classroom instruction
Daily Breeze | September 3, 2011
- School is back in session for Da Vinci charter students
Daily Breeze | August 20, 2011
- South Bay’s Chet Pipkin (Da Vinci’s Board President) may be the most famous tech mogul to come from Hawthorne
Daily Breeze | August 7, 2011
- Design is to Doing as Learning is to Thinking
IDSA | Summer 2011
- Grade Advancement Not A Given at Da Vinci
Daily Breeze | June 9, 2011
- Chevron Announces $2M Investment in South Bay Schools
Convenience Store News | May 31, 2011
- Teaching Design to K-12
Industrial Designers Society of America | February 14, 2011
- Da Vinci charter school in Hawthorne proposes K-8 school
Daily Breeze | January 24, 2011
- Engineering group honors Hawthorne’s Da Vinci school
Daily Breeze | January 9, 2011
- Math teaching innovators tackle concepts
Daily Breeze | December 25, 2010
- Hawthorne charter school welcomes international visitors
Daily Breeze | October 16, 2010
- Hawthorne charter school off to an early start
Daily Breeze | August 21, 2010
- Hawthorne school makes it fun
Daily Breeze | April 12, 2010
- Dr. Donald Brann: A Life Story Comes Full Circle
May 1, 2010
- Where ‘Learning by Doing’ is the Rule
eGFI | March 17, 2010
- Hawthorne charter school unveils Innovation Lab
Daily Breeze | January 28, 2010
- State school superintendent O’Connell visits Da Vinci Schools
Daily Breeze | January 13, 2010
- A teaching model that would make Da Vinci proud
Los Angeles Times / December 29, 2009
- New charter school blossoms on city’s border
The Beach Reporter | September 2, 2009
- New charter schools stress project-based learning
Daily Breeze | August 21, 2009
