reimagine learning

from their site:

MISSION

Reimagine Learning is an initiative designed to support schools and communities in the creation of learning environments that unleash individual promise and creativity in all children. Driven by students, parents, and teachers with powerful collaboration from entrepreneurs, entertainers and others, Reimagine Learning will bring new energy to the movement to revitalize American education.

The core of the effort is expanding personalized learning approaches that can help all students to identify their strengths and succeed.

This initiative is committed to making a difference in the lives of millions of students who are marginalized or disengaged in school because of learning and attention issues or social emotional issues.

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full announcement of their feb 2015 launch:

http://blog.newprofit.com/?p=5336

New York, NY – February 17, 2015: Today, New Profit, a pioneering nonprofit venture philanthropy fund, and WME | IMG, the world’s leading talent and literary agency, partnered to announce the launch of Reimagine Learning, an initiative designed to support schools and communities in the creation of learning environments that unleash individual promise and creativity in all children. The announcement is being made at an official Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week event tonight featuring Grammy-winning artist and education advocate John Legend, the fashion brand Public School, poet LeDerick Horne, star of ABC’s Shark Tank and Understood.org Board of Advocates member and mogul Daymond John, DJ and entrepreneur Hannah Bronfman and nonprofit partners including Understood.org, MIT Media Lab, Peace First, Eye to Eye and Youthbuild USA.

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Reimaging Learning co-presenting partner New Profit, which has unique expertise in helping powerful social innovations to reach scale, has raised over $30M of a targeted $50M fund that will provide resources to educators, social entrepreneurs and researchers who are doing cutting edge work to advance personalized learning. Co-presenting partner WME|IMG will mobilize its network of leading artists and entertainers to connect these issues to popular culture and ignite a positive and forward-looking conversation about the future of education. In addition, New Profit and its diverse partners in the initiative will work to change public education policy by removing barriers and incentivizing innovation, while also building capacity for personalized learning that benefits all students.

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The good news is that schools and teachers across the country are already applying new and creative approaches to learning. …. As we seek to reimagine the way young people learn, we will follow the lead of these creative and able educators.”  – John Legend

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