GSP AWARDED CONTRACT TO SUPPORT MAJOR FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM – Posted 05.01.10 The Great Schools Partnership was selected by the Academy for Education Development to be one of two primary technical-assistance subcontractors, along with the Center for Secondary School Redesign, for the U.S. Department of Education's Smaller Learning Communities Program. The three organizations will collaboratively develop a series of events, professional development opportunities, and products for the 214 project directors and more than 600 high schools currently involved in the federal program.

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$1M GRANT AWARDED TO FOUR STATES—GSP TO COORDINATE THE INTITIATIVE – Posted 12.15.08 On December 15, 2008, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation announced that it has committed $1 million—which includes a $500,000 partnership grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation— to support an ambitious multistate effort to transform the American high school for the 21st century: the New England Secondary School Consortium. Coordinated by the Great Schools Partnership, the Consortium is a pioneering educational partnership that will work to foster forward-thinking innovations in the design and delivery of secondary education across the New England region. The Consortium's bold goal is to ensure that by 2016 every public high school student in the four partner states will receive an education that will prepare them for college, career, and civic responsibility in our increasingly interconnected global community.

Nellie Mae Education Foundation Press Release
New England Secondary School Consortium Website

150K GRANT TO SUPPORT BREAKTHROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL-IMPROVEMENT TOOL – Posted 03.05.09 We are happy to announce that the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, a $250 million philanthropy that supports "innovative professional development programs that strengthen teachers and their teaching in grades 9–12" has awarded the Partnership a $149,709 grant to support the ongoing development of iWalkthrough, a cutting-edge tool that is helping revolutionize instructional-improvement efforts in Maine and around the country. The Partnership will use the funding to strengthen its iWalkthrough training program and build new interactive, Web-based resources that can deliver low-cost, high-quality support to high-need schools and districts working to strengthen academic instruction and athletic coaching for the benefit of their students.