New Designs for School
East Bay Innovation Academy
STEAM-based school with an emphasis on the social-emotional skills needed to be leaders ...
New Designs for School
Breakthrough Schools D.C. Round 3 Grantees
New Designs for School
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.
- Grades Served: 6-12
Startup Type: New School
Operator Type: Charter
Students Served: TBD - Hallmark Features: Micro-schools, community partnerships, learning in the community
D.C. Montessori Middle/High School
- Grades Served: 6-12
Startup Type: New School
Operator Type: Charter
Students Served: TBD - Hallmark Features: Grounded in student development, off-site farm, integrated social justice curriculum
DCPS Opportunity Academies: Ballou STAY, Luke C. Moore, Roosevelt STAY, Washington Metropolitan High School
- Grades Served: Ages 16-24
Startup Type: Complete Redesign
Operator: District of Columbia Public Schools
Operator Type: District
Students Served: 1,700 - Hallmark Features: Alternative schools, Summit Learning Platform
Digital Pioneers Academy
- Grades Served: 6-12
Startup Type: New School
Operator Type: Charter
Students Served: TBD - Hallmark Features: High-level computer science, group advisories, erasing the digital divide
Kaizen, Ikigai, Kintsukuroi, Hansei (KIKH) High School
- Grades Served: 9-12
Startup Type: New School
Operator Type: Charter
Students Served: TBD - Hallmark Features: Technical study combined with personal and intellectual growth, Japanese principles of continuous improvement, raison d'etre, self- and communal-care, and relentless reflection
Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) Career Academy
- Grades Served: Disconnected youth, grade 11 to adult
Startup Type: Complete Redesign
Operator Type: Charter
Students Served: 190 - Hallmark Features: Researching and rewriting performance measures for schools serving high-need populations to encompass more expansive measures of student success
(MS)2 Howard University Public Charter Middle School of Mathematics and Science
- Grades Served: 6-8
Startup Type: Complete Redesign
Operator Type: Charter
Students Served: 266 - Hallmark Features: Problem-solving, student learning plans, social-emotional learning for students of color
The Next Step Public Charter School
- Grades Served: Disconnected youth, ages 18-24
Startup Type: Complete Redesign
Operator Type: Charter
Students Served: 393 - Hallmark Features: Flexible programming, pace, and focus, restorative practices, holistic youth development
North Star College Preparatory Academy for Boys
- Grades Served: 9-12
Startup Type: New School
Operator Type: Charter
Students Served: TBD - Hallmark Features: Deep personal relationships and high expectations, "boy-focused" pedagogy and practices
- Grades Served: PK-8
Startup Type: Complete Redesign
Operator: District of Columbia Public Schools
Operator Type: District
Students Served: 421 - Hallmark Features: Personalized learning trajectories, Matchbook Learning Accelerator
Smithsonian School
- Grades Served: 5-12
Startup Type: New School
Operator Type: Charter
Students Served: TBD - Hallmark Features: Learning in the community, STEAM-oriented curriculum, place-based learning
- Grades Served: PK-8
Startup Type: Complete Redesign
Operator: District of Columbia Public Schools
Operator Type: District
Students Served: 588 - Hallmark Features: Empowering students to disrupt systemic racism, mentoring focused on identity development
- Grades Served: Adjudicated youth, ages 16-21
Startup Type: Complete Redesign
Operator: Department of Youth Rehabilitation
Operator Type: District partnership
Students Served: 421 - Hallmark Features: Individualization, virtual reality technology, tailored advisories and mentorship for adjudicated youth
Learn more about the NGLC Regional Fund for Breakthrough Schools program that supported these grantees by visiting the Breakthrough Schools: D.C. grant page.
