Veteran entrepreneurs and visionary business leaders bring their expertise in energy storage, biotech, digital health and finance to Canada's largest
urban innovation district.
MaRS is a leader in the trend toward
urban innovation districts, which allow entrepreneurs access to corporations, investors, mentors, university institutions and labs to test their concepts.
«I do believe that
urban innovation districts are a way to catalyze and focus entrepreneurial energy within cities,» says Lower.
Not exact matches
Located in Toronto, MaRS Discovery
District is one of the world's largest
urban innovation hubs.
About MaRS Discovery
District MaRS Discovery
District (@MaRSDD) in Toronto is one of the world's largest
urban innovation hubs.
About MaRS MaRS Discovery
District (@MaRSDD) in Toronto is one of the world's largest
urban innovation hubs.
About MaRS Discovery
District MaRS Discovery
District in Toronto is one of the world's largest
urban innovation hubs.
Toronto's MaRS Discovery
District is one of the world's largest
urban innovation centres, cultivating high - impact ventures and equipping innovators to drive economic and social prosperity in Canada.
The AEC is part of the MaRS Discovery
District («MaRS»), one of the world's largest
urban innovation hubs.
About MaRS Discovery
District MaRS Discovery
District (@MaRSDD) in Toronto is one of the world's largest
urban innovation hubs supporting a new generation of makers and innovators who aim to make the world a better place by creating solutions that address key societal challenges.
In this edition of the Ed Next Book Club, Andy Smarick explains to host Mike Petrilli that to make
urban schools work, a shift must be made from having
districts run schools to letting schools lead the charge in
innovation.
Through social networks of policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and tech promoters, pace - setting
urban and suburban
districts adopt
innovations and then adapt them to fit the local context and goals.
Louis (1989), drawing from a survey and case - study investigation of initiatives in
urban secondary schools, identified four
district - level approaches to school improvement:
innovation implementation (uniform processes and outcomes), evolutionary planning (uniform processes, variable outcomes), goal - based accountability (variable processes, uniform outcomes), and professional investment (variable processes and outcomes).
Henry added that there have been notable gains made by Tennessee's «
innovation zones» or «iZones,» a public school - steered method that allotted greater flexibility, funding and development opportunities for struggling
urban districts in Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga.
The Academy for
Urban School Leadership (AUSL) is founded and becomes the pioneering in -
district innovation zone.
The Academy for
Urban School Leadership (AUSL) has become the pioneering in -
district innovation zone since its founding in 2001.
In collaboration with the Consortium, UChicago Impact, the
Urban Education Institute's
innovation arm, developed the 5Essentials system, which is composed of surveys, reports, and training supports that states,
districts, and schools can use to track progress on the nonacademic factors proven to drive school success.
MaRS Discovery
District in Toronto is one of the world's largest
urban innovation hubs.
The first step is developing
innovation districts in our
urban centres, and at least getting liveability right at a precinct level.