Breakthrough Schools D.C. Round 2 Grantees

New Designs for School

We’ve all had the experience of truly purposeful, authentic learning and know how valuable it is. Educators are taking the best of what we know about learning, student support, effective instruction, and interpersonal skill-building to completely reimagine schools so that students experience that kind of purposeful learning all day, every day.

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Primary Contact Name:

Caroline Hill
chill@citybridge.org

Award Date:

December 2014

Grant Type:

Regional Planning

Start Date:

Fall 2016

Startup Type:

Redesign & New School

In December 2014, CityBridge Education awarded seed grants to seven schools to design and plan their innovative school design with the intention of launching the new model in Fall 2016.

Capital City Public Charter School

Grades Served: PK3-12
Startup Type: Complete Redesign
Operator Type: Charter
Setting: Urban
Students at Start: 135
Students at Capacity: 970
Hallmark Features: Expeditionary Learning, blended and project-based learning

Cleveland Elementary School

Grades Served: PK3-5
Startup Type: Complete Redesign
Operator: District of Columbia Public Schools
Operator Type: District
Setting: Urban
Students at Start: 306
Students at Capacity: 325
Hallmark Features: Project-based learning with self-directed learning pathways

DC International School

Grades Served: 6-7 (ultimately 6-12)
Startup Type: Complete Redesign
Operator Type: Charter
Setting: Urban
Students at Start: 210
Students at Capacity: 1,500
Hallmark Features: International Baccalaureate (IB) with student-directed elective courses

Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS

Grades Served: PK3-3 (ultimately PK3-5)
Startup Type: Complete Redesign
Operator Type: Charter
Setting: Urban
Students at Start: 122
Students at Capacity: 560
Hallmark Features: Expeditionary Learning, Spanish language immersion, and emotional and cultural connection

Sustainable Futures

Grades Served: Ages 14-21
Startup Type: New School
Operator Type: Charter
Setting: Urban
Students at Start: TBD
Hallmark Features: Ungraded, competency-based blended learning for disconnected youth focusing on environmental justice, ecological sustainability, and global citizenship

Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School

The breakthrough model efforts at this school are no longer active.

Grades Served: 9-12
Startup Type: Complete Redesign
Operator Type: Charter
Setting: Urban
Students at Start: 400
Students at Capacity: 400
Hallmark Features: Mastery-based blended model that removes time and grade constraints on learning

Two Rivers Public Charter School

Grades Served: PK-8
Startup Type: New School
Operator Type: Charter
Setting: Urban
Students at Start: 520
Students at Capacity: 1,040
Hallmark Features: Expeditionary Learning with integrated arts program and content-based Spanish; creating a framework for assessment of deeper learning in the elementary and middle grades

Learn more about the NGLC Regional Fund for Breakthrough Schools program that supported these grantees by visiting the Breakthrough Schools: D.C. grant page.