• Introduction
  • Mastery of Knowledge and Skills
    • Overview
    • Claim #1: Remarkable Academic Trends
    • Claim #2: Remarkable Academic Results
    • Claim #3: Remarkable Thinkers
  • Culture and Character
    • Overview
    • Claim #1: Effective Learners
    • Claim #2: Ethical People
    • Claim #3: A Better World
  • High Quality Work
    • Overview
    • Claim #1: Improvement Over Time
    • Claim #2: High Quality Independent Research
    • Claim #3: Digital Products

JOYFUL, CURIOUS
SELF-DIRECTED LEARNERS

ENGAGED IN THE WORLD.

A Brief History of Open World Learning Community
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On September 8th, 1971, a new school was born in St. Paul, Minnesota as part of the St. Paul School District.  Its name was the St. Paul Open School.  It was a school originally designed to serve 500 students, ages 5 through 18.  It was a school that would have no grades, either class level grades or assessment grades.   It was a school developed with broad community input and had expressed goals of “individual learning, humane education, child centered, capitalization of student interest, students progressing at their own rate, and the development of students ability to self-start, self direct, and self motivate.”  Furthermore, the school included “total openness and flexibility with regard to subject matter, schedules, classes, and all forms of study.”

Forty-seven years later, while different in age configuration and school name, St. Paul Open School holds many of these early progressive ideals close to its core values such as a student centered approach and individualized learning and self-direction.  Today, St. Paul Open is Open World Learning Community (OWL) and while we are still a St. Paul Public School with a 6-12th grade citywide attendance area, we are also an EL Education School focusing on the mastery of skills and knowledge, character development, and high quality student work.  We are very proud of the work our faculty and students have done over the last six years to develop OWL into the excellent EL Education school it has become today.  On June 6th, 2017 we celebrated the graduation of our first class of seniors who went through the entire EL Education program at OWL.
OWL's Vision
  • ​Imagine every student at Open World Learning Community inspired, challenged, and prepared for their future beyond high school.
  • Imagine every family at Open World Learning Community welcomed, respected, and cared for by a responsive staff.​
  • Imagine our community connected, involved, and integrated with the EL Education network across the country and world.
Habits of Work and Learning
Integrity
I can do what is right

Responsibility
I can do my job

Perseverance
I can keep trying.
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Collaboration 
I can cooperate.

Stewardship 
​I can make a difference.
Demographics
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Enrollment
As of 2016, 439 students are enrolled at Open World Learning Community.
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Credentialing Data Profile & Implementation Review
Performance Benchmarks
School Website
Mastery of Knowledge and Skills
Culture and Character
High Quality Work
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  • Introduction
  • Mastery of Knowledge and Skills
    • Overview
    • Claim #1: Remarkable Academic Trends
    • Claim #2: Remarkable Academic Results
    • Claim #3: Remarkable Thinkers
  • Culture and Character
    • Overview
    • Claim #1: Effective Learners
    • Claim #2: Ethical People
    • Claim #3: A Better World
  • High Quality Work
    • Overview
    • Claim #1: Improvement Over Time
    • Claim #2: High Quality Independent Research
    • Claim #3: Digital Products