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Nellie Mae invests in vision of reshaping education
 The Nellie Mae Education Foundation (NMEF) has awarded a total of $16.4 million in grants over three years to support student-centered approaches to learning among four New England school districts and community partners: Burlington-Winooski, VT; Pittsfield, NH; Portland, ME; and Sanford, ME. The community partners are: Voices for Vermont’s Children (Burlington & Winooski, VT.); The Pittsfield Youth Workshop (Pittsfield, NH); The Refugee Services Program (Portland, ME); and Safe and Healthy Sanford Coalition (Sanford, ME).
The Foundation believes that these grantees are most aligned with NMEF’s theory of change, had a three-year plan that was developed collaboratively by the district and its key stakeholders, and display strong collaborations with community partners. The grants will support the districts as they continue their ongoing work to reshape their education systems.
The grants are being made under NMEF's District Level Systems Change (DLSC) initiative, one of four long-term strategic initiatives that the Foundation is using to promote the implementation of student-centered approaches. The other initiatives are: State Level Systems Change, which focuses on promoting state and federal education policies that support student-centered learning at scale; Research and Development, which informs the work of NMEF as well as that of practitioners in the fields of education and philanthropy; and Public Understanding, which aims to increase both awareness of student-centered learning experiences and the public will to implement them. |
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Teacher Redesign Revealed
| Teachers have a branding problem. For decades, they have been represented by apples on desks, globes and blackboards. Do these images effectively represent the critical roles of today’s teachers? In this video, Studio 360 seeks to rebrand teachers using a “connecting the dots” theme. As graphic designer Deroy Peraza explains, teachers are not “dictators of knowledge, but guides who help students connect the dots.” |
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