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About Next Generation Learning

Next Generation Learning Challenges is a collaborative, multi-year initiative created to address the barriers to educational innovation and tap the potential of technology to dramatically improve college readiness and completion in the United States. NGLC is guided by the belief that providing investment capital to expand the use of proven and emerging learning technologies, collecting and sharing evidence of what works, and fostering a community of innovators and adopters will result in a robust pool of solutions and greater institutional adoption which, in turn, will dramatically improve the quality of learning experiences in the United States. Many potentially breakthrough solutions are being developed and tested by educators, institutions, technologists, and entrepreneurs, but too often they operate with little access to each other or to opportunities to disseminate their innovations. Support is needed to refine and rigorously test their solutions, to connect with other like-minded innovators, and to develop strategies to broaden their reach and impact.
 
Today, too few students are ready for college. Consider the following statistics:
 
 

Nearly 30 percent of students do not finish high school. The dropout rate among African Americans,  Hispanics, and low-income students is nearly 50 percent.

Only 42 percent of young people who enroll in college complete a bachelor’s degree by the age of 26. Just 12 percent complete an associate degree. Among low-income students, the bachelor’s completion rate is just 26 percent, while only about 14 percent earn an associate degree.

By 2018, 63 percent of all U.S. jobs will require some sort of postsecondary education.

In 2008, the average wage for adults 25 and older with a four year degree was $60,954, compared to $33,618 for those with only a high school diploma and $24,686 for those with no high school diploma.

Nearly 22 million new workers with postsecondary degrees will be needed by 2018, but it is estimated that the U.S. higher education system will fall short of that mark by 3 million graduates.

 
We all seek a future that is better than the present, and hope that the next generation will have more opportunities, not fewer. Today, those opportunities hinge on education. We invite and encourage your participation.

 

Does your proposal target learners in the United States needing to master the content and competencies associated with 7th-9th grade Common Core State Standards in math and literacy? Or, does it target U.S. students enrolled in summer school between their 8th and 9th grades?
Does your proposal represent an existing solution? (For proposals in the proof of concept category, solutions must have an existing user base of at least 50 students. For early stage adoption, the existing user base must be at least 1,000 students. Existing solutions are those that have already been designed but may be applying for funding to support further piloting and testing.)
Are you prepared to further deploy your solution during the 2011-2012 academic year or the summer of 2011?
Are you prepared to plan, support, and undergo rigorous evaluation of your proposed project?
Are you prepared to plan, support, and undergo rigorous evaluation of your proposed project?

JOIN THE CHALLENGES & MAKE A DIFFERENCE

 
 

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