Educating children through inquiry-based learning

24 Apr 2014

Educating children through inquiry-based learning

Re: Kim Frock (MBA 1987)

Topics: Education-Middle School Education Entrepreneurship-Social Entrepreneurship

Kim Frock (MBA 1987) cofounded the Alternative School for Math and Science (ASMS) in Corning, New York, to provide an academically challenging, inquiry-based learning environment for children in grades 6 through 8.

The independent school represents a unique partnership between education and industry. In 2004, Frock embarked on what she thought would be a 9-month leave of absence from her high-level job at Corning Inc. to help start ASMS. She ended up staying at the innovative middle school, which is supported in part by Corning Inc. and private donors in the community.

While ASMS is dedicated to experiential approaches to math and science, the curriculum also emphasizes the humanities, arts, and community service. Students have given more than 45,000 hours of assistance to local nonprofit organizations. Teaching service along with science helped ASMS distinguish itself as an education game-changer as well as an Intel School of Distinction finalist in 2007—recognition that can be attributed to the student and faculty talent as well as the administrative business acumen.

“It’s a management task that involves understanding the needs and values of your constituents, working efficiently, and providing real leadership in the process,” Frock says.

(Published April 2014)

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