Reimagining the Public High School, 2015-2020 (Part 2)
The system of public high schools in America really hasn’t undergone any kind of serious transformation in 100 years,” [ Super School Project CEO, Russlyn H.] Ali said. “It was built for an economy and a system that is no more.”
“What if you’re the one who helps America rethink high school?”
“This is a challenge to empower all of America to change high school. Together, we can transform communities and build schools that inspire new possibilities.”
From these quotes taken from the website for Super School Project, philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs and chief executive Russlyn Ali are interested in transforming the existing high school.
After the initial announcement in 2015, the Super School Project accepted proposals from 700 teams across the nation in a competition to design and execute a new kind of high school that would make this hardy–seemingly unchanged–institution relevant to their daily lives . A year later, XQ announced that $10 million would be awarded to 10 teams to put their ideas into practice within five years. Since 2016, nearly $140 million has gone to 19 teams to re-imagine the American high school.
Matt Barnum wrote about the project a year ago and said:
Most of the XQ winners are now up and running. There’s a Washington, D.C. CONTINUE READING: Reimagining the Public High School, 2015-2020 (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice