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Personalized Learning Podcast: Episode 2 – Leap Innovations grows student engagement in Chicago
The second episode of the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation’s Personalized Learning podcast series features the Leap Innovations. Leap Innovations is part of the Next Generation Learning Challenges’ portfolio of regional partners who are incubating local breakthrough model designs. Leap Innovations in particular has awarded 7 grants to charter and turnaround district schools in the…
Go Blended! Book Launched Today!
Liz Arney, Director of Innovative Learning at Aspire Public Schools, has just launched her book, Go Blended!, today!
Go Blended! A Handbook for Blending Technology in Schools highlights the successes and lessons learned from Aspire’s process of transforming some of our schools to become blended learning schools to create a helpful step-by-step guide for teachers and administrators who…
Personalized Learning Podcast: Episode 1 – CityBridge Foundation rethinks education in Washington, D.C.
The first episode of the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation’s Personalized Learning podcast series features the CityBridge Foundation of Washington DC. CityBridge is part of the Next Generation Learning Challenges’ portfolio of regional partners who are incubating local breakthrough model designs. CityBridge in particular has funded 18 next-gen learning schools in the DC area and runs…
Profiles of Next Gen Learning: USC Hybrid High School
Over 1 million high school kids, mostly in urban environments, drop out of school every year. Furthermore, only half of the kids who graduate from high school actually meet college entrance requirements. The University of Southern California Rossier School of Education has opened a public charter high school in downtown Los Angeles, with a mission to not only graduate 100% of its students, but…
Profiles of Next Gen Learning: Touchstone Education
Touchstone Education is committed to creating a school that fits with today’s world and prepares secondary students for a successful future by blending the best of face-to-face education with the benefits of modern learning technologies. Located in Newark, NJ, Merit Preparatory School is Touchstone Education’s first charter school. It opened its doors to 80 pioneering 6th grade students in…