Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models
The White House announced Tuesday that it has gathered more than $375 million in public and private financing to be channeled into projects to redesign American high schools.
That was the big news from the first-ever White House summit on "next generation high schools," held at the Old Executive Office Building adjacent to the West Wing. The financial commitments were announced during a daylong program saturated with high-flown visions from policymakers, teachers, entrepreneurs, philanthropists and students about how high schools could be remade to be more tech-savvy, hands-on, career- and college-focused, and just plain more interesting and exciting for students. . .
The Carnegie Corporation of New York has pledged $25 million to back innovative school models "that reimagine the use of time, money, people, and technology, and through catalytic work across the education sector to integrate the elements of school reform, deepen learning about what works, and expand public knowledge of the school models of the future." . . .