While many of our own donors are supportive of public charter schools, some are more excited about our work to support district school redesign efforts and community engagement. (educate78.org)
Now a new national high school redesign effort has been launched, this one backed by $ 50 million from the Emerson Collective, whose president is Laurene Powell Jobs, wife of the late Apple titan, Steve Jobs. (hechingerreport.org)
Each of the seven Title I: 1003 (g) School Improvement Grants — valued at $ 4.5 M apiece — will support whole - school redesign efforts in the SCSD's seven Innovation Zone (iZone) Schools: Bellevue Elementary, Danforth Middle, Frazer K - 8, Porter Elementary, Seymour Dual Language Academy, Van Duyn Elementary and Westside Academy at Blodgett. (198.36.22.200)