ConnectEd: The National Center for College and Career
For Identifying, Cultivating, And Showcasing Exemplary Schools To Advance Deeper Learning
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Amount$50,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/17/2014
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Term9.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
Over the past three years, the Program provided project support to the Deeper Learning Network (DLN), a "network of networks" consisting of ten school reform models totaling some 500 public schools across the country. The DLN has helped make the case for the viability of deeper learning, offering examples of it in action and providing locations for site visits by policymakers. We will provide "tie off" grants to the DLN in order to refocus our funding on research that addresses policy reform needs, development of new assessments of the harder-to-measure deeper learning competencies, and capacity building for educators to understand and make use of student achievement evidence.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.connectedcalifornia.org
Address
2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 1200, Berkeley, CA, 94704-1357, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of organizational diversity, equity and inclusion capacity to advance educational equity
for support of three school districts to build capacity to assess student competencies
ConnectEd prepares students for success in college, career, and life by implementing career-themed high school pathways that deliver learning through authentic, real-world applications. ConnectEd will support three California school districts to build capacity for assessing deeper learning; identify key competencies and metrics for measuring deeper learning; and promote such assessments as a local component within California’s new school accountability system. Creating strong district-wide exemplars of deeper learning measurement will help scale improved systems for assessment and accountability throughout the state.
