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NMEF Awards $1.4M in District Level Systems Change planning grants

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

In an effort to prepare all of New England’s learners with the skills and knowledge they need for full participation in postsecondary education, work and life, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation promotes the integration of Student-Centered Learning across New England. Seven organizations and school districts across the region have each been selected to receive one-year, $200,000 planning grants from the Foundation. With these grants, the districts and their communities will collaboratively design strategies for implementing student-centered education systems that meet the needs of all learners.

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Designing Competency-Based Pathways for Next Generation Learners

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

A new report makes the case for young people to be assessed and advanced through the K-12 education process based on their own timeline of achieving pre-determined competencies, rather than the current policy of advancing learners based primarily on seat time. The report, When Success is the Only Option: Designing Competency-Based Pathways for Next Generation Learners was released today by the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). Support for the report was provided by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.

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NMEF Grants Recognize Efforts to put students at the center of learning

Thursday, November 04, 2010

Thirteen schools and organizations have been selected as recipients of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s Opportunity Fund awards. The awards recognize the work of organizations and schools across New England that promote student-centered learning and test or expand upon any one of the Foundation’s strategic change components: model development, policy change, and public understanding and demand. The schools and organizations have each received grants of up to $75,000 for a period of up to three years.

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