Humanities Amped

Humanities Amped students are 22% more likely to graduate from high school than their peers (based on three years of graduation data). They are also more likely to achieve academically. By their second year in the program, Humanities Amped students pass state exams at a 21% higher rate than their peers. English Learners in Humanities Amped scored higher than any students in the district, earning 10 points higher than the district average in writing on the English Language Proficiency Test. We achieve these outcomes by enriching Humanities Amped classrooms in five schools in the form of:
Extensive curricular resources that highlight the importance of community, culture, relationships, and civically engaged research & action in learning (see curricula online at www.humanitiesamped.com)
Classroom families who stick together in multi-year cohorts, thus developing deep trust and connectedness among students and teachers
Teacher participation in Amped Educator’s Network, a transformative learning community for 16 EBRPSS middle and high school teachers
Eight community-based co-teachers who collectively provide over 100 hours each week of team teaching in Amped classrooms (many of whom are PhD students at Louisiana State University)
Coaching, guided planning, and modeling for teachers from an Amped Instructional Leader who meets weekly with classroom teams

Some Amped classrooms also benefit from:
An Amped Instructional Leader specializing in the needs of English Learners
Forward Arts poets-in-residence program, a series of ten poetry workshops that fosters a love of literacy and self-expression in eight classrooms
Educators Rising, two sections of an elective class at McKinley High using a national curriculum that prepares youth for careers in education
Volunteer mentors who assist students with civically engaged action research projects