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Out of the Box
NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A brand new report, launched in the present day by New Classrooms Innovation Partners and Transcend, highlights the function revolutionary studying fashions can play in modernizing Ok-12 schooling.
“While sectors such as energy, healthcare, and transportation have undergone fundamental transformations over the last two decades, the K-12 sector has remained centered on a delivery model patterned after the American factory,” mentioned Joel Rose, CEO of New Classrooms and co-author of the report. “It is time to support an overdue transition from an industrial paradigm of schooling to a student-centered one — especially for students in the most marginalized communities.”
Out of the Box: How Innovative Learning Models Can Transform Ok-12 Education, which explores methods and suggestions to drive collaboration amongst policymakers, advocates, funders, and educators so as to modernize the academic supply mannequin, was funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The report’s title, Out of the Box, was impressed by Malcolm McLean’s breakthrough concept from the Nineteen Fifties — bypassing the more and more congested interstate highways and as an alternative placing transport containers from vehicles immediately onto ships. Despite assembly sharp resistance, McLean’s out-of-the-box concept and dedication to his imaginative and prescient would in the end carry a few new stage of standardization and interoperability to the sector. Today, an estimated $14 trillion in items spend a while inside of an enormous metallic field.
“The story of Malcolm McClean is not only about the impact of a physical box. It is about the importance of thinking outside of one,” mentioned Jenee Henry Wood, Head of Learning at Transcend and co-author of the report. “Innovative Learning Models enable the actualization of a student-centered approach and are designed to help move us to learning that is equitable and responsive to the needs of the 21st century.”
As half of the launch, New Classrooms and Transcend invite schooling influencers, advocates, funders, educators, directors, and policymakers to attend Out of the Box: A Conversation about the Future of School Thursday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. ET. Registration is free and options some of the most necessary and influential voices in Ok-12 schooling.
The paper comes on the heels of Transcend’s launch of the Innovative Models Exchange, a free, searchable, and shareable library of adoptable, revolutionary studying fashions.
“Despite innovation across nearly every sector of society, a one-size-fits-all approach has governed mainstream schooling in America for more than a century. This platform was launched to put tools for a redesign in the hands of more school communities,” shares Jeff Wetzler, Transcend co-founder. “The Models Exchange is a free resource for those inspired to reimagine schools but who don’t want to start from scratch. The Exchange helps them find, learn, and borrow from innovative programs created by others across the country.”
About New Classrooms
Founded in 2011, New Classrooms Innovation Partners is a nationwide nonprofit on a mission to personalize schooling by redesigning how a classroom works – from the use of know-how, time, and bodily house to the instruction and content material that engages every pupil. The founders of New Classrooms have been the leaders of an initiative inside NYC Public Schools known as School of One, which TIME named as one of the Best Inventions of the Year. New Classrooms’ revolutionary studying options, Teach to One 360 and Teach to One Roadmaps, ensures every pupil is studying the proper math lesson, at the proper time, and in the proper means that greatest meets their strengths and wants. It is utilized by 1000’s of college students in faculties nationwide. For extra data, go to our web site or comply with us on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter.
About Transcend
Transcend is a nationwide nonprofit that helps college communities to create and unfold extraordinary, equitable studying environments. The group was based on a perception that we should reimagine education, utilizing a community-driven method so all kids can notice their infinite potential. Transcend pursues its mission by partnering immediately with faculties on design journeys whereas additionally sharing highly effective fashions, instruments and insights throughout the sector. To date, Transcend has labored immediately with lots of of faculties and leaders in over 30 states, and has influenced 1000’s extra. Ultimately, Transcend strives to gasoline important leaps in schooling so all younger folks can thrive in and remodel the world. For extra data, go to our web site or comply with us on LinkedIn or Twitter.
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