National Center for Civic Innovation
Project Title
As a final core support of Springpoint
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
The New Designs portfolio promotes innovative school models that personalize student learning and seeks to build knowledge about those new approaches. Springpoint, seeded over a decade ago as part of Carnegie Corporation’s Opportunity by Design initiative, partners with communities to transform student learning experiences so that they are personalized, mastery-based, student-driven, and integrate social-emotional development. Partnering with over 100 high schools and districts to date, Springpoint accomplishes its mission in part through its Transformative Learning Experiences (TLEs), rigorous, project-based curricular units focused on real-world problems and authentic learning experiences. TLEs are accompanied by implementation guidance designed to build educator capacity and reduce the time and energy educators need to create, use, and personalize project-based learning for their students. Support from the Corporation will allow Springpoint to gather data on current experiences of those using TLEs in order to measure the impact of the approach, which will in turn inform and improve model approach.
Project Title
As a final core support grant to OpenSciEd
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
0 months
Description
OpenSciEd was launched in 2018 with support from the Corporation and three other national foundations. The initiative has reached over 90,000 educators and led to curriculum adoptions in 88% of the states. Meaningful science learning for students occurs when teachers align their instruction to the Next Generation Science Standards, use standards-aligned instructional materials, and are supported with curriculum-based professional learning. OpenSciEd is an initiative that brings together state science leaders, expert curriculum designers, learning scientists, science education leaders, and classroom teachers to develop and support a complete set of freely available, full-course, high-quality instructional materials and associated professional learning resources. Through this final grant, OpenSciEd will complete the development and field test of an elementary science curriculum for grades K-5 and bring them to the market with distributors.
Project Title
For core support of OpenSciEd
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Meaningful science learning for students occurs when teachers align their instruction to the Next Generation Science Standards, use standards-aligned instructional material, and are supported with curriculum-based professional learning. OpenSciEd is an initiative that brings together state science leaders, expert curriculum designers, learning scientists, science education leaders, and classroom teachers to develop and support a complete set of freely available, full-course, high-quality instructional materials and associated professional learning resources. Through this renewal grant, OpenSciEd will release three high school courses, continue the development and field test of an elementary science curriculum for grades K-5, develop professional learning resources to support curriculum implementation, and work with English Learners Success Forum to develop multilingual learner supports embedded in science curriculum.
Project Title
For core support for OpenSciEd
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Meaningful science learning occurs when teachers align their instruction to the Next Generation Science Standards, use standards-aligned instructional material, and are supported with curriculum-based professional learning.OpenSciEd is an initiative that brings together state science leaders,expert curriculum designers, learning scientists, science education leaders,and classroom teachers to develop and support a complete set of full-course, high-quality instructional materials and associated professional learning resources. With the middle school curriculum released and high school courses under development, OpenSciEd is ready to expand into the elementary curriculum market. Through this renewal grant, OpenSciEd will launch the development and field test of an elementary science curriculum for grade K-5 and professional learning resources to support implementation.
Project Title
For core support of the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
International, undocumented, and refugee students face unique obstacles to pursuing higher education, launching careers, and building stable lives. The obstacles include an outdated federal immigration system and an uneven patchwork of state policies and institutional practices that systematically limit their potential. Fiscally sponsored by the National Center for Civic Innovation, the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration is a national network of college and university leaders. It is dedicated to increasing public understanding of how immigration policies and practices affect students, campuses, and communities. With Corporation support, the Presidents’ Alliance will continue to educate policymakers about the importance of advancing immigration reforms that will improve educational and economic outcomes for immigrant students and the country overall.
Project Title
For core support of the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
18 months
Description
In 2017, an alliance of university presidents and chancellors assembled in response to government efforts to undermine the United States immigration system, including moves to restrict academic enrollment and postgraduate employment opportunities for immigrant, international, and refugee students. Fiscally sponsored by the National Center for Civic Innovation, the Presidents’Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration is a network of more than 500 university leaders, representing diverse institutions from across the country. The Presidents’Alliance is committed to ensuring greater educational access and equitable outcomes for immigrant and refugee students, as well as promoting policies that enable recruitment and retention of talented international students, alumni, and scholars. With Corporation support, the Presidents’Alliance will expand its immigration advocacy capabilities as it continues to amplify the voices of university leadership from across the country. It will also build out a digital portal that integrates data, policy updates, and resources affecting immigrant, international, and refugee students.
Project Title
For a project to increase adoption of OpenSciEd middle school curricula and to continue development of high school science curricula
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Meaningful science learning occurs when teachers align their instruction to the Next Generation Science Standards, use standards-aligned instructional material, and are supported through professional learning connected to both. OpenSciEd is an initiative that brings together state science leaders, expert curriculum designers, science education leaders, and classroom teachers to develop and support a complete set of high-quality instructional materials and associated professional learning resources. With the middle school curriculum released, OpenSciEd is experiencing great interest in their materials which helps solidify their brand in the education curriculum market. Through this renewal grant, OpenSciEd will a) develop and release their high school curriculum courses, b) provide professional learning for their middle school curriculum, and c) optimize their current curriculum for virtual use.
Project Title
For a project to expand the OpenSciEd science curriculum into elementary and high school
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
As the COVID-19 pandemic upends the 2020-21 school year, we must lower barriers to and advocate for schools’ meaningful alignment of science instruction to theFramework for K-12 Science Educationand the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Curricula must scaffold students to ask questions of phenomena, conduct investigations, analyze data, and develop explanations as they explore and learn. OpenSciEd is an initiative that brings together science leaders from ten states, expert curriculum developers, national science education leaders and classroom teachers to develop, distribute, and support a complete set of science instructional materials and associated professional learning resources. After a significant market analysis, there remains a need for NGSS-aligned materials in K-5 and high school. Through this project, OpenSciEd will: a) launch the development of; b) field test the units and materials of; and c) develop professional learning materials for a high school curriculum; as well as d) begin developing an elementary school curriculum.
Project Title
For a project to support OpenSciEd
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
OpenSciEd is a collaborative initiative that brings together states and curriculum developers, and national science education leaders and experts to create a complete set of robust, research-based, openly licensed K-12 science instructional materials, while building in tandem demand for these materials and supports for their implementation. Distinct from other open education resource curriculum providers, OpenSciEd is providing the market with both freely available classroom materials and professional learning materials. Through this renewal grant, OpenSciEd will (a) develop, field test, revise, and release six classroom instructional units and accompanying professional learning materials, (b) build the partner states capacity to provide professional learning for the field by hosting two multi-day trainings for facilitators, (c) continue to develop a communications strategy and outreach plan, and (d) approve a multi-year financial needed to manage and sustain OpenSciEd.
Project Title
For a project to support OpenSciEd
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
OpenSciEd is a collaborative initiative that brings together states and curriculum developers, and national science education leaders and experts to create a complete set of robust, research-based, openly licensed K-12 science instructional materials, while building in tandem demand for these materials and supports for their implementation. The OpenSciEd Project will address several challenges currently facing science education in the United States, including designing exemplary research-based curricula to meet new standards and supporting high quality enactment that results in deeper learning outcomes for students. The partner states (CA, IA, LA, MA, MI, NM, NJ, OK, RI, WA) volunteered to join this effort, which is initially focusing on grades six through eight. Through this renewal grant, OpenSciEd will develop and field test six additional units of instruction.
Project Title
For phase one of the OpenSciEd project.
Date
Dec. 07, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) call for an approach to science teaching and learning that is more demanding, and very different from the approach common in classrooms today. The NGSS are different in structure and character from previous science standards, in their focus on the three dimensions of science learning, in their emphasis on student engagement with phenomena and design challenges, and in their connections to math, English language arts, and other disciplinary standards. Although more than half the U.S. student population is in states that have either adopted the NGSS or adopted new standards influenced by the NGSS, educational systems are generally unprepared to implement the NGSS, in that they lack the curriculum plans, the instructional materials, and the classroom assessments that the implementation of new standards requires. As a result, it is critical now to focus on the implementation of the NGSS, most notably building the supply of and demand for high quality instructional materials, and support for their implementation. The OpenSciEd project will bring together a group of states, curriculum developers, and many national and state science education leaders to create a complete set of robust, research-based, open-source, K-12 science instructional materials and implementation supports.
Project Title
For the continued operations and development of Springpoint: Partners in School Design to support the full portfolio of grantees in the Opportunity by Design initiative
Date
Jun. 04, 2015
Duration
48 months
Project Title
For development of supports and tools for the field relating to school design and mastery-based learning
Date
Sep. 11, 2014
Duration
27 months
Project Title
For the continued operations and development of Springpoint: Partners in School Design to support a second cohort of districts in the Opportunity by Design initiative
Date
Dec. 05, 2013
Duration
36 months
Project Title
For the launch and development of the SpringPoint Institute as a new school design intermediary
Date
Dec. 13, 2012
Duration
36 months