KnowledgeWorks, Riley Institute Poised to Develop Innovative High Schools Along I-95 Corridor

COLUMBIA, S.C (PRWEB) December 08, 2011

Clarendon 1 and Colleton County School Districts can begin the process of adding two new innovative high schools during the 2012-2013 academic school year through a $2.9 million competitive Investing in Innovation (i3) grant, the South Carolina Board of Education today from KnowledgeWorks, which worked with the Richard W. Riley Institute at Furman University to help win the grant.

In November, KnowledgeWorks was selected as one of 23 grant finalists by the United States Department of Education, and South Carolina stands poised to receive $2.9 million. The project will create two STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) New Tech High Schools along the I-95 corridor. Completion of the grant requires a 15 percent match of private, local and national funds.

KnowledgeWorks’ Senior Director of National Advocacy and Partnerships, Matt Williams; and Jacki Martin, Associate Director of the Riley Institute at Furman University; are discussed the grant and offered more details about the process before the Board at its regular meeting in the Rutledge Conference Center in Columbia.