Battelle For Kids
For Student Profiles, Leadership, And Assessments To Spread Deeper Learning Through School Districts
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Amount$600,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/22/2017
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
EdLeader21, a network of Battelle for Kids, is a professional learning community working to implement deeper learning in district education systems. With this grant, EdLeader21 will work to spread commitments to deeper learning, assessments of deeper learning, and understanding of deeper learning leadership, as well as take steps to diversify its district membership. Through these processes, EdLeader21 will develop effective teaching and leadership tools that are designed for testing theories of diffusion.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.edleader21.com
Address
1160 Dublin Rd Suite 500, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for capacity building around diversity, equity, and inclusion
Battelle for Kids mission is to collaborate with school systems and communities to realize the power and promise of 21st century learning for every student. Battelle for Kids helps education leaders engage their communities to re-envision and transform their school systems with a focus on equitable deeper learning outcomes for every student. This grant will support their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to create and implement a professional development plan for all team members to expand their knowledge, experience, and ability to lead on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. . (Strategy: Organizational Effectiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)
for a research-practice partnership to test theories of diffusion and scaled impact
Battelle for Kids is a national nonprofit that collaborates with school systems and communities to harness the power and promise of 21st century deeper learning for every student. The grantee will work with educational organizations and school districts to spread a student-centered accountability program, which includes accountability and improvement guidelines and tools, a review process to identify innovative practices, and a school superintendent-led community focused on improvement across a network of schools. This work presents a replicable approach that will contribute to knowledge about the spread of new practices.
for capacity building around diversity, equity, and inclusion
EdLeader21, a network of Battelle for Kids, is a professional learning community working to implement deeper learning in district education systems. This Organizational Effectiveness grant will enable the grantee to undertake capacity building around diversity, equity, and inclusion; in particular, the funding would support analysis and planning around hiring and support of human resources.