The Nellie Mae Education Foundation
believes that student-centered learning
approaches can best improve our
collective prospects for the future if
they become a core facet of schooling.
The Foundation’s strategic
approach aims to serve as a
catalyst for efforts to remodel the
educational system in New England,
equipping all of our learners with the
skills they need for full participation
in school, work, and life.
The Foundation pursues this objective
through three different avenues: |
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We work with
practitioners
to develop and enhancing
effective,
evidence-based,
student-centered
approaches to learning.
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We dedicate
ourselves to shaping
policies that
allow these approaches
to flourish.
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We concentrate
on increasing public
demand for
high-quality educational
experiences for all
learners.
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As of March 2010, we award grants
primarily through our four strategic
initiatives: |
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District Level Systems
Change,
which includes the
promotion and
integration of
student-centered
approaches, as well as
policy and advocacy work
at the district level;
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State Level Systems
Change, which
focuses on promoting
state and federal
education policies that
support student-centered
learning at scale;
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Research and Development,
which not only informs
our work, but also that
of practitioners in the
fields of education and
philanthropy;
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Public Understanding,
which aims to increase
both awareness of
student-centered
learning experiences and
the public will to
implement them.
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To learn more about 2010 funding
opportunities in these initiatives,
please see our
Grant Guidelines page. |
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