2.1 Million Dollar Grant Awarded to New Tech Network

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NAPA, Calif. – (Feb. 7, 2011) – The New Tech Network (NTN), a subsidiary of KnowledgeWorks, has been awarded a $2.1 million grant to help the high school development organization expand its capacity to create systemic change and focus on teaching that is more relevant, engaging and rigorous for the student.

The grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gives New Tech Network the capacity and resources to work with teachers to ensure the rigor of the project-based learning approach used in its schools and to tie those projects more closely to the Common Core Standards being widely adopted by states. Through this grant, New Tech will also begin to develop online and hybrid professional development opportunities that will enhance its ability to provide continued support to teachers as it scale its efforts to transform high schools throughout the United States.