June 02, 2015

Which Funders Are Leading the Growing Push for Blended Learning in K-12?

June 02, 2015/ L.S. Hall

National and local foundations have laid out millions of dollars to design, implement, and evaluate blended learning initiatives. We survey the landscape to show who's funding what.

November 04, 2014

Stop Stereotyping John Arnold and Check Out This Big Grant to Boost AP Achievement

November 04, 2014/ L.S. Hall

If you're not paying close attention, you might be tempted to place John Arnold in a familiar box: Hedge fund guy fixated with charter schools and dismissive of traditional K-12. Here are two million reasons to think again.

August 13, 2014

This Funder Just Gave $9 Million to Design the Textbooks of Tomorrow

August 13, 2014/ Tate Williams

What if high school science textbooks employed the same sort of personalization for students that Amazon uses for shoppers? We’re going to find out, thanks to a $9 million grant from Laura and John Arnold.

May 18, 2014

This Funder Wants to Know What Works in Digital Learning

May 18, 2014/ L.S. Hall

In its latest effort to achieve systemic change in K-12 education, the Laura and John Arnold Foundation has funded a three-year program to study what works in digital learning activities, which have become an important feature of elementary and secondary classrooms.