The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania has expanded its online journal network, Knowledge@Wharton, to incude a new publication aimed at high school students and their teachers, the school announced earlier this month.
Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS) (http://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu) features articles, videos, podcasts, interviews with high school students, a dictionary of business terms and even an interactive stock market/portfolio management game. There is also a Teachers’ Room where high school teachers can share lesson plans and other teaching resources with one another. Content will be completely free, although users will be required to register.
“We developed KWHS for teenagers seeking to learn more about business in a user-friendly web environment,” Robbie Shell, managing director of Knowledge@Wharton, said in a statement. “The idea is to show students that no matter what they are interested in, an understanding of business, markets and the economy is necessary if they want to succeed.”
The high school journal launched in both English and Spanish, and it will eventually have Chinese, Arabic and Portuguese editions like the other publications in the K@W network.
“With Knowledge@Wharton High School, we have the chance to increase economic and career opportunities around the world as we fill a gap in business knowledge at the high school level,” Wharton management professor Mauro Guillen, director of the Lauder Institute, said in a statement. With more than 21 million students between the ages of 15 and 19 in the United States and approximately 600 million worldwide, Wharton sees a large potential audience for its newest K@W journal.
To learn more about KWHS, click here.
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