Learning Solutions - Whole Schools Models

Overview

<p>All students deserve seamless educational experiences that build their literacy skills and prepare them for life beyond the classroom. Across the country, diverse innovators are working alongside educators and communities to develop tools, content, and models that achieve this goal and reimagine learning. To get there, we invest in early stage, equity-centered innovators that partner with schools and have the potential to support the academic and social emotional growth of millions of students across our country.</p> <p>Through the Learning Solutions funding opportunity, NewSchools is investing up to $2.5 million in whole-school solutions that positively impact students of color and low-income students. We are currently looking for early-stage, equity-centered entrepreneurs who will partner with schools to implement innovative models or programs that can improve teaching and learning.</p> <p>We seek early-stage, whole-school solutions that meet the following criteria.</p> <ul> <li>Align with NewSchools’ overarching <a href="https://www.newschools.org/about-us/our-model/">investment criteria</a></li> <li>Offer a comprehensive model that reimagines the full student experience, with a focus on equity, academic growth, and social-emotional development</li> <li>Engage in deep partnership with schools to support successful implementation, with the intention of building a school’s capacity over time to sustain the model themselves</li> <li>Ensure a coherent and positive experience for educators and students by providing partner schools with a bundle of instructional and operational resources, with aligned training and ongoing support</li> <li>Leverage the power of the network by facilitating sharing among schools and seeking their input to improve the model</li> </ul> <p>For this opportunity, we are looking to support<strong> new and existing organizations that are in the first five years of partnering with schools</strong> to implement a whole-school learning solution that aligns with the criteria above.</p>