Classroom, Inc.
Project Title
For a project to evaluate the out-of-school time (OST) partner programs and to develop a digital teacher toolkit to improve OST instruction
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
4 months
Description
Students in the nation’s most underserved communities require personalized learning opportunities to improve literacy skills and narrow the achievement gap. Classroom, Inc. builds students’ literacy and leadership skills through a blended learning model—implemented during, after, or outside of the school day—that has positive, measurable impact on students’ reading levels. Classroom, Inc. posits that this model can have particular value-added in an out-of-school-time (OST) setting, where community educators rarely have rigorous instructional materials and are actively seeking engaging tools to employ with students during OST. A lack of rigorous content and support services for OST program staff who wish to integrate digital learning tools into their instruction inhibits the effective use of this model during OST. Classroom, Inc. seeks to address this problem and maximize the instructional value of OST programming by creating and codifying an engaging, scalable digital learning program for OST that improves students’ 21st century skills, reading behavior and motivation, and career awareness. With Corporation support, Classroom, Inc. will evaluate its pilot OST program and develop a digital teacher toolkit with the ultimate goal of codifying a replicable, scalable OST model.
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Project Title
One-time grant toward support
Date
Sep. 16, 2010
Duration
24 months