Leadership in Action: What are Real-World Learning Experiences?

New England Secondary School Consortium

This issue brief from the New England Secondary School Consortium’s Leadership in Action series explains that in today’s world, relevance, usefulness, and real-world application need to inform every dimension of the high school experience.

When students are engaged in real-world learning, they tackle the kinds of tricky, complex problems that do not always have clear answers—just like life.