This webinar will introduce participants to practical methods that can
significantly accelerate learning for all students by ensuring both teachers, and their students, are absolutely clear about what students need to learn, why they are learning it, and how.
Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit
students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended
learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based
learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a
student - centric system
for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools
for the Future in Michigan, which will serve
students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended -
learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on
accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.