KnowledgeWorks, a Cincinnati-based foundation that advocates for better education practices from birth through college, is joining with California-based New Technology Foundation to advance a network of innovative high schools across the country.
New Technology Foundation is a organization the supports the development of high-tech high schools. The schools’ focus on integrating technology in the classroom and on students’ gaining critical learning skills that supporters believe will be valued in the changing economy.
New Technology Foundation will be renamed New Tech Network and will become a division of KnowledgeWorks officially by Oct. 1. New Tech Foundation’s high school setwork comprises 41 schools across the nation, including schools in Indiana, Illinois, New York, Texas and California.
“Sharpening our focus on the rapid development of innovative and effective high schools represents the best opportunity for KnowledgeWorks to realize its vision of an education system that is highly focused on the unique needs of the learner,” said Chad Wick, CEO of KnowledgeWorks.
With this collaboration, KnowledgeWork’s goal is to increase the numbers of these schools to 100 in the next two years and to 500 by 2015.
Wick added, “Coming together with New Technology Foundation enhances our ability to offer and implement a complementary set of approaches that help re-imagine teaching and create dynamic, relevant learning environments. We are delighted to welcome New Tech to KnowledgeWorks and look forward to working with them to help prepare more learners for tomorrow’s challenges,” Wick added.
Writer: Feoshia Henderson
Source: New Technology Foundation
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