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ERIC Number: ED560688
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 2
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Education for Change: Epic Charter School
EDUCAUSE
The student-centered school model of Epic Charter School in Oakland, California, framed around a hero's journey empowers middle school students with sense of unity and purpose in life, where they can feel part of a culture with a shared experience and with more opportunities to experiences growth and accomplishment. Design and engineering is front and center and game mechanics drive the school model. The two-page grantee profiles from Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) provide factual information about the secondary school and postsecondary degree program designs awarded grants under NGLC's third and fourth waves of funding, which focused on two areas, "Breakthrough Models for College Readiness" and "Breakthrough Models for College Completion." The profiles describe what makes each model "breakthrough" and express both visually and through at-a-glance details the academic and organizational models, student demographics, hardware and software choices, and contact info. These profiles serve to illustrate the innovations of these new blended and online models, with practical details of interest to those starting a new school or degree program.
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: EDUCAUSE
Identifiers - Location: California
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A